Jeoloji Münendisliği Dergisi

Tectonics of the Şarkışla (Swas) region

ABSTRACT: The geologic evente ana feature« developed İn the mvestigatea area, which İs situated «a the south of Şarkışla, denote two tectonic periods, namely Paleotectonlc period and Neoteetonle period. Tme F&- leotectonto period to characterized by some geologic évente and features buried and oceured at the end of Late Miocene, Thme are coanpressive stresseÉ* alfeettag the study area during Pateocene, Eocen© and end of Oligocène, and NE-SW trending folds and fiirusts formed depending on these compressée s ^ ^ e s . In ad» dWon ^ese tlmm are ^ n e NW-SE toendmg obMque-s% faulty As to NeoSeotonio period, it fe" by PMoeene continental deposits and contemporaneous vertical movements,