THE GEOLOGICAL AND PETROGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE REGION IN THE SOUTHERN KALE (DENİZLİ)

• Main Author: Yahya ÖZPINAR
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pamukkale University 1995-01-01
• Series: Pamukkale University Journal of Engineering Sciences
• Subjects: Allokton ve otokton birimler, ofiyolitik seri, tektonik dilim, amfibolit.
• Online Access: http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/pajes/article/view/5000090116

There are tectonical strata which have been thrusted one over the other in Kale region. Upper Cretacaeous-Lower Paleoceneous pelagic limestones are situated at the base of this region. Over this strata the Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene aged flysh formation is situated. These formations are autochthonous and they are covered by a series of ophiolitic rocks which have tectonic border. A second type tectonic formation are Upper Trias(?) - Lower Cretaceous aged dolomitic limestones and neritic limestone. The Oligocene aged sediments by an angular discordance.Burdigalian aged limestones cover the Oligocene aged sediments by an angular discordance. The ophiolites in the southern part of Kale are composed of two main components. These are called tectonics and vein rocks which cut through the tectonics.These rocks represent a group of ophiolitic rocks which has an incomplete series. The settlement of the ophiolitic rocks to the current location took lace the Middle Eocene or in the period between Middle Eocene and Oligocene. There are metamorphic rocks within the tectonic zones and tectonic base (in the shape of tectonic slice) of the ophioltic series as a result of the settlement of the ophiolite.