Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Cave and Karst Science, cilt.31, sa.1, ss.7-14, 2004 (Scopus)
Sivas and its surroundings represent an important gypsum karst terrain, where gypsum occurs as massifs displaying many well-developed karst landforms. The area south of Imranli forms the eastern part of this region. There are normally-outcropping gypsum formations as well as anticlinal and diapiric structures and gypsum ridges uplifted by gypsum tectonics cutting the cover formations south of Imranli. Karstic features such as karren, dolines, swallow holes, blind valleys and caves are observed in this karstic terrain. South of Imranli are some of the finest examples of polygonal karst, with a thickness of 500m normally exposed on a plateau developed on gypsum formations. In this region there are 80 to 100 dolines per km2 . The karst is generally most youthful in the area south of Imranli, and there are no poljes or collapse dolines characteristic of more mature karst. Water sinking underground from dolines or blind valleys has formed gypsum caves, and major parts of the caves in the area are of swallow hole or spring type. The ̇Inhas Cave System, which features in this study, comprises relict/semi-active (180m) and active (75m) levels, and is a multi-storey, multi-staged, swallow hole to spring cave, with a total length of 225m. © British Cave Research Association, 2004.