Aksaray and Ecemis Faults - Diapiric salt relationships: Relevance to the hydrocarbon exploration in the Tuz Golu (Salt Lake) basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey
ENERGY SOURCES, vol.26, no.11, pp.1005-1022, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 26 Issue: 11
- Publication Date: 2004
- Doi Number: 10.1080/00908310490494586
- Journal Name: ENERGY SOURCES
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1005-1022
- Keywords: Aksaray fault, Anatolian plate, diapiric salt, diapirs, Ecemis fault, faults, geothermal gradient, intrusion, migration, oil, ophiolites, paleoevolution, salt, Salt Lake, SEA
- Ankara University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Due to activitiy of the Aksaray and Ecemis Faults, volcanic intrusion and westward movement of the Anatolian plate, diapiric salt structures were occurred in the Tuz Golu (Salt Lake) basin in central Anatolia, Turkey. With the collisions of the Arabian and Anatolian plates during the late Cretaceous and Miocene times, prominent ophiolitic obduction occurred in the Pontides and Taurides along the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) and East Anatolian Fault (EAF). The NAF and EAF intersect each other in the Karliova region, in eastern Turkey. At this point, due to the northward movement of the Arabian plate in SE Turkey, the Anatolian plate shifted toward the west and south along the fault zones. The same geological tectonic model is proposed at the intersection point of the Aksaray Fault (AF) and Ecemis Fault (EF) in central Anatolia. The westward movement of the Anatolian plate between these two faults resulted in the formation of the diapiric salt structures, volcanic intrusions and overpressure zones in the study area.