U/Th dating of the travertine deposited at transfer zone between two normal faults and their neotectonic significance: Cambazli fissure ridge travertines (the Gediz Graben-Turkey)


TEMİZ U., Eikenberg J.

GEODINAMICA ACTA, cilt.24, sa.2, ss.95-105, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3166/ga.24.95-105
  • Dergi Adı: GEODINAMICA ACTA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.95-105
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Geographic Information System, principal component analysis, temperature, climate divisions, Peninsular Malaysia, ACTIVE MANISA FAULT, WESTERN ANATOLIA, MENDERES MASSIF, QUATERNARY TRAVERTINES, STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION, TECTONIC EVOLUTION, 2-STAGE EXTENSION, ALASEHIR GRABEN, RAPOLANO-TERME, SW TURKEY
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The neotectonic characteristics of the travertines that outcrop near Cambazli Village to the west of the Gediz Graben in the Western Anatolia and the age determination of the travertine were carried out using the Th-230/U-234,U-238 disequilibrium method. The Cambazli fissure ridge travertines represent the travertine depositions that develop at a transfer zone. The extent of these travertines is at NW-SE and NE-SW orientations and the ridge crest-trend of these travertines range between approximately 55 degrees and 82 degrees and they are located at an intersecting position. The evaluation of the fissure ridge travertine directions indicated that the compression stress that was responsible for the deposition of the Cambazli travertine was determined to be in the N-S orientation and the extensional stress was determined to be in the E-W orientation. The orientation of the dominant extension in Western Anatolia during the neotectonic period was N-S and this orientation is not in accordance with the directions of stress for the travertines. This situation indicates that the travertines were deposited along a transfer zone in N10W orientation between two normal faults. The travertines were determined to be active since the Upper Pleistocene as indicated by the age determination conducted using the Th-230/U-234,U-238 disequilibrium method. The dilation rate of the travertines during dilation and the post-dilation period and the average dilation rate of the Cambazli travertines to the north of the Gediz Graben were calculated as 0.01-0.02 mm yr(-1) during deposition and as 0.05 mm yr(-1) during the post-dilation period. These dilation rates indicate lower tectonic activity along the northern ridge of the Gediz Graben than along the southern ridge. (c) 2011 Lavoisier SAS. All rights reserved