Jeoloji Münendisliği Dergisi

Mesozoic (Lias) Coals Rarefy Seen In The Feke {Adana) District

ABSTRACT :  Autochthon rock units of the upper systems of Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic have been observed in the study area which lies approximately 120 km away from the northern district of Adana in Taurid region. Most of the rock units located in the area are carbonates and elastics. The appearence of the field is seen as an anticHnorium trending NE-SW, The features of faults and fractures have also growth up in the same direction. For this reason, it is possible to indicate that the study area has been subjected to the stresses trending NW-SE, Coal layers found İn Liasic units have a strike of N=S and they sometimes He toward NE or SE having a dip amount that various between 30"-50°. Kyrtomİsporistes speciosus Kyrtomisporites nasserii spores have been identified at the end of the palynologie analyses carried on the samples taken from coal veins. Therefore, Liassic age have been given to the examined coals. Chemical analysis indicate that the heating value of these coals is high and they belong to ``Greasy coal of Gothan clasification".