Jeoloji Münendisliği Dergisi

Determination of Structural Discontinuities in Cyprus Island by Using EGM08 Gravity Data

ABSTRACT: In this study, it was aimed to determine the structural discontinuities of the Cyprus Island by applying totalhorizontal derivative and tilt angle techniques to the vertical first derivative data of satellite gravity data. Whendetermining the structural discontinuities of the zone, the maximum amplitudes of the total horizontal derivativemap and the zero amplitude values of the tilt angle map were utilized. The specified lineaments are comparedwith known discontinuities in the study area. Along with a good harmony between this study and previous studies,new discontinuity boundaries were determined. In addition, the basement topography of the Cyprus Island iscalculated by using the Parker-Oldenburg inversion algorithm. It is believed that the study will contribute to a betterunderstanding of the geological structure of the region.