Active fissuring and faulting in Quaternary travertines at Pamukkale, western Turkey

Neotectonics and active faulting

Auteurs :
ALTUNEL, E.
HANCOCK, P.L.
STEWART, I.

Description :
The purpose of this paper is to describe and interpret neotectonic structures in the famous travertines at Pamukkale. Three morphological varieties of travertine mass are of structural significance: 1) range-front travertines cementing alluvial -fan and -cone sediments, 2) perched channels of wall-like form that are self-built as a result of man channelling water flow, and 3) fissure-ridge travertines that are cut by fissures roughly following ridge crests.


Type de document :
Congrès

Source :
Symposium. Neotectonics - Recent Advances, London, Royaume-Uni, 1992-06-06, Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. Supplementband, issn : 0044-2798, 1993, n°. 94, p. 285-302, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 22 réf.

Date :
1993

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Berlin ; Stuttgart, Borntraeger