ÇUKUROVA ÜNİVERSİTESİ FEN BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ YÜKSEK ...

ABSTRACT
MSc THESIS
GEOLOGICAL AND TECTONICAL INVESTIGATION OF
ÇAMLIYAYLA (MERSİN) AND IT’S SOUTH EAST
Ayşe KAYA
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
INSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF ÇUKUROVA
Supervisor : Prof. Dr. Cavit DEMİRKOL
Year : 2006, Pages : 44
Jury : Prof. Dr. Cavit DEMİRKOL
Prof. Dr. Ulvi Can ÜNLÜGENÇ
Yrd. Doç. Dr. Alican KOP
The study area, which is located to the 30 km north of Mersin, city, covers an
area of approximately 110 sq. km, in the town of Çamlıyayla (Namrun) and it’s
south. As a conclusion of this study, six litostratigraphic units have been
distinguished and mapped within the study area.
Early-Middle Triassic aged Dişdöken Formation which was deposited in a
shallow marine environment, represents the oldest rock units of the study area. This
unit is angular unconformably overlain by the Jurassic-Cretaceous Demirkazık
Formation. Fındıkpınarı Complex composed of peridotite, serpantinite, gabro,
radiolarite and limestone blocks, is located tectonically over the both units.
Early-Middle aged Kaplankaya Formation forms at the base of the Tertiary
units which consists of sandstone, siltstone, marl, clayey limestone, fosilliferous and
which was sedimented in a shallow marine environment. Also Kaplankaya
Formation overlies the Mesozoic units with angular unconformity. In the study area,
Middle Miocene aged reefal originated fosilliferously limestone, which has lateral
and vertical transitional contact relation with Kaplankaya Formation, has been
distinguished as Karaisalı Formation.
Quaternary terrestrial alluviums forms the youngest sediments in the study
area.
Key words: Stratigraphy, Mesozoic, Senozoic, Çamlıyayla, Mersin.
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