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Geology of Kula - Selendi (Manisa) area

ABSTRACT • Tertiary and Quaternary aged sediments and volcanic rock units cover large area« in Kula -Selendi region. Tat purpose oï the Investigation is to construct tue Oenozoio stratigraphy aneT to find outthe place of the volcanic In the stratigraphie sequence. Furthermore, because of the usefulness m regionalgsotectonic research and explanations of the petrochenucal and pétrographie Investigations in volcanlorook» we also studied Quaternary Kula basaltic volaanies in detail. The Menderes massif metamorphiosand granités constitute the basement rooks In the Investigated area (E§m© formation and Güney höyüformation). 33ıîs unit ise overlain by Mugadağı marble« Pormo-Triaaie in ago, Mesoaoic units are Kızılca,söğüt formation and Vesdrler melange emplaced In Upper Cretaceous, Wm observed Cenozolc rock unitssuck as Kürtköyü formation, Yeniköy formation, Mkondere voloànlcs, Karaboîdere vol«anlcs of Mioceneand Ahmetler formation, Ulubey Sormatîon, Beydafi volcanlca, Payamtepe volcanios of Pliocene and Asartepe formation and Kula volcaatca of Quaternary. Burgaz volcanics, Mekcitepe volcanlcs and Divlitt«pevoioanlcs were determined a» the three phase» of Kula volcanies. We evaluated fliat these rocks are indifferent origin from all the oiher voloanios in the region.