Investigation of the Yesemek Segment of the Dead Sea Fault Zone Using Morphometric Analysis Methods

Musa Balkaya

Makale detayları

Investigation of the Yesemek Segment of the Dead Sea Fault Zone Using Morphometric Analysis Methods

Yazarlar:

Musa Balkaya

Yayıncı:

Erciyes University

Ana Başlıklar:

Genel Jeoloji | Sismoloji

Dergi:

Erciyes Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.41 Issue 1, pp.370-383

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001347323

pISSN:

1012-2354

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Özet:

 The Yesemek segment, one of the segments of the Dead Sea Fault Zone DSFZ within the borders of Turkey, is a left-lateral strike-slip fault that delimits the eastern edge of the Karasu basin between Sakçagöz and Reyhanlı. The segment is about 110 km long and consists of northern and southern sections separated by a 3 km wide left-slip step-over. The aim of this study is to reveal the morphotectonic characteristics based on morphometric analysis of the region through which the Yesemek segment passes, covering the eastern part of the Karasu basin, and the behavior of the segment. No morphotectonic study based on morphometric analysis related to Karasu basin and Yesemek segment has been encountered in the literature. Within the scope of these first morphometric analyses, the mountain front sinuosity Smf was calculated in the mountain fronts related to the Yesemek segment. Valley floor width-to-height ratio Vf, basin asymmetry factor AF, hypsometric curve and integral HI, and stream gradient index SL were calculated on the drainage network and basins. As a result of the calculations, it was understood that the Yesemek segment was active during the Late Quaternary period and that the segment played an important role in the tectonic evolution and morphological development of the region.

 The Yesemek segment, one of the segments of the Dead Sea Fault Zone DSFZ within the borders of Turkey, is a left-lateral strike-slip fault that delimits the eastern edge of the Karasu basin between Sakçagöz and Reyhanlı. The segment is about 110 km long and consists of northern and southern sections separated by a 3 km wide left-slip step-over. The aim of this study is to reveal the morphotectonic characteristics based on morphometric analysis of the region through which the Yesemek segment passes, covering the eastern part of the Karasu basin, and the behavior of the segment. No morphotectonic study based on morphometric analysis related to Karasu basin and Yesemek segment has been encountered in the literature. Within the scope of these first morphometric analyses, the mountain front sinuosity Smf was calculated in the mountain fronts related to the Yesemek segment. Valley floor width-to-height ratio Vf, basin asymmetry factor AF, hypsometric curve and integral HI, and stream gradient index SL were calculated on the drainage network and basins. As a result of the calculations, it was understood that the Yesemek segment was active during the Late Quaternary period and that the segment played an important role in the tectonic evolution and morphological development of the region.

 The Yesemek segment, one of the segments of the Dead Sea Fault Zone DSFZ within the borders of Turkey, is a left-lateral strike-slip fault that delimits the eastern edge of the Karasu basin between Sakçagöz and Reyhanlı. The segment is about 110 km long and consists of northern and southern sections separated by a 3 km wide left-slip step-over. The aim of this study is to reveal the morphotectonic characteristics based on morphometric analysis of the region through which the Yesemek segment passes, covering the eastern part of the Karasu basin, and the behavior of the segment. No morphotectonic study based on morphometric analysis related to Karasu basin and Yesemek segment has been encountered in the literature. Within the scope of these first morphometric analyses, the mountain front sinuosity Smf was calculated in the mountain fronts related to the Yesemek segment. Valley floor width-to-height ratio Vf, basin asymmetry factor AF, hypsometric curve and integral HI, and stream gradient index SL were calculated on the drainage network and basins. As a result of the calculations, it was understood that the Yesemek segment was active during the Late Quaternary period and that the segment played an important role in the tectonic evolution and morphological development of the region.

 Ölü Deniz Fay Zonunun ÖDFZ Türkiye sınırları içerisindeki segmentlerinden biri olan Yesemek Segmenti, Karasu Havzasının doğu kenarını Sakçagöz ile Reyhanlı arasında sınırlayan sol yanal doğrultu atımlı bir faydır. Yaklaşık 110 km uzunluğundaki segment, 3 km genişliğindeki sola sıçramayla birbirinden ayrılan kuzey ve güney bölümlerinden oluşur. Bu çalışmada, Karasu Havzasının doğu kesimini kapsayacak şekilde Yesemek Segmentinin geçtiği bölgenin morfometrik analizlere dayalı morfotektonik özellikleri ve segmentin davranış biçiminin ortaya çıkarılması amaçlanmıştır. Literatürde Karasu Havzası ve Yesemek Segmenti ile alakalı morfometrik analizlere dayalı herhangi bir morfotektonik çalışmaya rastlanmamıştır. Yapılan bu ilk morfometrik analizler kapsamında, Yesemek Segmenti ile ilişkili dağ önlerinde Dağönü Eğriselliği Smf; drenaj ağı ve havzaları üzerinde ise Vadi Tabanı Genişliğinin-Vadi Yüksekliğine Oranı Vf, Asimetri faktörü AF, Hipsometrik Eğri ve İntegral HI ve Akarsu Uzunluk - Gradyan İndisi SL hesaplanmıştır. Hesaplamalar neticesinde Yesemek Segmentinin Geç Kuvaterner döneminde aktif olduğu, segmentin bölgenin tektonik evriminde ve morfolojik gelişiminde önemli bir rol oynadığı anlaşılmıştır.

Makale detayları

Investigation of the Yesemek Segment of the Dead Sea Fault Zone Using Morphometric Analysis Methods

Yazarlar:

Musa Balkaya

Yayıncı:

Erciyes University

Ana Başlıklar:

Genel Jeoloji | Sismoloji

Dergi:

Erciyes Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.41 Issue 1, pp.370-383

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001347323

pISSN:

1012-2354

Yesemek Segment

Morphometric analysis

Drainage basin

MorphotectonicsYesemek Segmenti

Morfometrik analiz

Drenaj havzası

Morfotektonik

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Musa Balkaya

Yayıncı: Erciyes University

Ana Başlıklar: Genel Jeoloji | Sismoloji

Dergi: Erciyes Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.41 Issue 1, pp.370-383

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001347323

pISSN: 1012-2354

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Musa Balkaya

Yayıncı:

Erciyes University

Ana Başlıklar:

Genel Jeoloji | Sismoloji

Dergi:

Erciyes Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Fen Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.41 Issue 1, pp.370-383

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001347323

pISSN:

1012-2354