Ahmet Can Akıncı

Cukurova University | CU · Department of Geological Engineering

Türkiye is a seismically active earthquake country, where mainly bounded by active faults and plates, located on the Alpine-Himalayan mountain belt. Our country has not faced earthquakes of the magnitude and number experienced in 2023 for a very long time. The main geological factor that causes these earthquakes to occur is the relative movements o...

A good understanding of the controls of hazard in the earthquake region is aided by a knowledge of the regional geology and tectonic development.The region belongs to the Arabian (African) plate and the over-riding Tauride (Eurasian plate). The palaeogeography of the African plate was largely controlled by rifting of the S Neotethys during the Tria...

Biostratigraphic and Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy of the Miocene Kasaba Basin (SW Türkiye)

LA-ICP-MS zircon geochronology and geochemistry (whole-rock & mineral chemistry) from the Misis-Andirin Complex (MAC) volcanic rocks are reported. The MAC records magmatic, sedimentary, and tectonic processes operating at the northern active margin of the Neotethys (South Tethys) in the eastern Mediterranean district. The MAC represents an associat...

6 Şubat 2023 tarihinde Kahramanmaraş’ta yerel saat ile 04:17 ile 13:24 de yaklaşık 9 saat ara ile gerçekleşen 2 büyük depremin (Mw 7.8 ve 7.6) ardından sahadan jeolojik veriler derlenmiş ve oluşan deformasyon yapıları incelenmiştir. Depremlerin etkilediği Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Adıyaman ve Adana yörelerinde meydana gelen yüzey yırtılmaları belirlenm...

We report a detailed investigation and the geodynamic implications of a basaltic lava flow that is intercalated with the early–middle Miocene turbiditic sedimentary rocks (Karataş Formation) that are exposed near the İskenderun Basin in southern Turkey. In order to reveal the age and origin of the basaltic rocks, we systematically sampled clastic s...

We report a detailed investigation and the geodynamical implications of a basaltic lava flow, which was observed for the first time, that is intercalated in the early-middle Miocene turbiditic sedimentary rocks (Karataş Formation) exposed near the İskenderun Basin (southern Turkey). In order to reveal the age and origin of the basaltic rocks, we sy...

Here we present an investigation of a basaltic sill formation, which was observed for the first time intercalated in the early-mid Miocene turbiditic sedimentary rocks exposed near the Iskenderun basin (Southern Türkiye). In order to shed light to its origin and age, the calcareous nannoplankton content of paleontological clastic samples systematic...

Üç İdari Alanın Kesişme Noktasında Kurulmuş Bir Yerleşme: Anavarza Antik Kenti (Dilekkaya) A Settlement Establıshed At The Junctıon Of Three Admınıstratıve Areas: The Ancıent Cıty Of Anazarbos (Anavarza/Dilekkaya) Eylül Karagel Anavarza Antik Kenti (Adana-Osmaniye) Civarının Jeolojisi Ve Depremselliği Hakkında Genel Bilgiler General Informatıon On...

This research reports the first Sr isotope chemostratigraphy, geochemistry, and provenance of the volcanic and volcanoclastic sequence (tuff/tuffite) in the Adana Basin (southern Turkey) whilst correlating it with the other volcano-sedimentary units in the central and SE Turkey. The examined tuffites are observed as thin but widespread volcano-sedi...

In this study, the volcano-sedimentary sequence (Salbaş Tuffite Member of Kuzgun Formation) cropped in the Fadıl (Northern Adana) region, which is seen as an important tuffite deposit in the late Miocene sediments exposed in the Adana Basin and overlying clastic sequence of the Memişli Member was studied paleontologically. In this sequence, ostraco...

Sedimentary mélanges represent submarine mass transport processes and tectonic events in related basins. Systematic examinations of mélanges in orogenic belts provide significant markers for the geodynamical evolution of different tectonic and sedimentary processes, especially during subduction and continental plate collisions. Here, we present a c...

Bu araştırmada, Saimbeyli ilçesi ile Gürleşen-Tülü köyleri (Adana) arasında kalan alan içinde yüzeyleyen birimlerin detaylı petrografik ve stratigrafik incelenmesi yapılmıştır. İnceleme alanında temelde Ordovisiyen yaşlı şeyl, şistli şeyl ardalanmasından oluşan Armutludere formasyonu yer almaktadır. Bu birim üzerine Erken Devoniyen yaşlı kumtaşı, ç...

We report a detailed description of the sedimentological characteristics of the Early Miocene platform deposits to contribute towards the understanding of the evolution of the Neogene Adana Basin (southern Anatolia). Several detailed sedimentological logs were measured and interpreted from the platform deposits (Kaplankaya, Karaisalı, and turbiditi...

An elongate mountain range known as the “Misis Structural High” located ca. 40 km southeast of Adana city in Turkey, evidences vast tectonic processes in Neogene time. This lineation represents the former border of the Taurides and Eastern Mediterranean basins and extends from Northern Cyprus to the Engizek Mountains by passing through the Misis (Y...

In this study we investigate sedimentary and stratigraphic characteristics of the Mid to Late Miocene deposits to better understanding of the Tertiary evolution of the Adana Basin (Southern Turkey). For this purpose, detailed mapping, sedimentary survey and interpretations were made considering the stratigraphic relations in the Middle-Late Miocene...

As a result of the detailed petrographic studies of the Mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs) obtained from the region, it was revealed that some of the samples were dioritic with gabbroic character. In this study, MMEs in the plagiogranites cutting Mersin ophiolite observed in the Inner Taurus Suture Zone were studied for the first time and the mine...

The study area in the northeastern part of the Misis-Andırın mountain range consists the stratigraphy and rock units that developed from the Late Cretaceous to the Middle Miocene. The rocks forming the main subject of the study are exposed in a limited area and these volcanogenic rocks are mostly observed as light gray, beige colored lavas, rare tu...

Abstract Volcanic and ophiolitic slices related to mélange formation documenting the Southeastern Anatolian Suture are well exposed around the Çağlayancerit (east of Kahramanmaraş) - Helete (Adıyaman) region. Based on sedimentary, tectonic, statigraphic and geochemical information obtained from the examined area, we provided more data to reveal the...

Çukurova region, located in the eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey, are close to the major fault lineaments and pointed within the boundaries of 1st and 2nd rank earthquake zones. The region includes a seismically active area among important active tectonic structures such as the Eastern Anatolian Fault System, Ecemiş Fault Zone and Hellenic-Cy...

Detailed petrography and mineral chemistry analyses were carried out in order to reveal the origin and settlement of the gabbroic-dioritic enclaves within the plagiogranites in Mersin ophiolite. As a result of the detailed petrographic studies of the Mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs) obtained from the region, it was revealed that some of the samp...

The suture zone limiting the Southern Anatolian and Eastern Mediterranean region extends as a tectonic uplift throughout Misis–Andırın–Engizek lineament. This uplifted area is named as Misis Structural High. To the west of this uplifted area, the suture zone extends trough southwest as far as to the Kyrenean mountain range to the north of Cyprus un...

Geodynamic history of the S Neotethys is constructed on the evolution of the Southeastern Anatolian Thrust Belt. Evidences of subductional and collisional events can be documented around the frontal part of the SE Anatolian thrust belt and the adjacent Arabian continental margin. Tectono-stratigraphic units are well exposed around the Çağlayancerit...

Located ca. 50 km east of Ankara, the Upper-Cretaceous/Lower-Tertiary Kırıkkale sedimentary basin is an ideal locality to study the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of a basin within a collisional tectonic setting. Kırıkkale basin lies in the İzmir-Ankara-Erzincan suture zone. This lineament marks the former boundaries of Gondwana-related microplate...

The investigated area, which is located approximately 100 km to the north of the city of Adana, documents the Oligocene history of the southern flank of the Tauride microcontinent. Following early Cenozoic Alpine orogenesis in the Tauride belt several Neogene sedimentary basins of variable size were formed along the southern flank of the Taurus mic...

Tectono-Stratigraphic Investigation Of Ceyhan - Yakapınar (Adana) Region

The suture zone limiting the Southern Anatolian and Eastern Mediterranean basins (e.g. Adana Basin, İskenderun Basin) extends as a tectonic uplift throughout Misis-Andırın-Engizek lineament. This uplifted area is named as Misis Structural High in the investigated area located SW of Ceyhan district of Adana. To the west of this uplifted area, the su...

Ophiolitic, volcanic and mélange units representing the Southeastern Anatolian Thrust Belt are observed around the Çağlayancerit (K. Maraş) - Gölbaşı (Adıyaman) region. By benefiting from sedimentary, structural and petrological data which obtained from the investigated area, we supplied more information to understand the geodynamic development of...

Abstract The study area is located to the Northwest of Malatya city and covers an area of about 120 square km. Upper Jurassic–Tertiary aged formations are exposed around the region. This study aims to determine lithostratigraphic and tectonostratigraphic features of the units in Levent village and its near surrounding area where six lithostratigrap...

Evidence of the subduction–collision history of the S Neotethys is well exposed in the frontal part of the SE Anatolian thrust belt and the adjacent Arabian continental margin. The foreland succession in the study area begins with Eocene shelf carbonates, ranging from shallow marine to deeper marine, without sedimentary input from the Tauride conti...

We report new, mostly sedimentary evidence and interpretation from a well-exposed frontal part of the South East Anatolian thrust belt and the adjacent Arabian foreland, in the vicinity of Çağlayancerit. The following tectono-statigraphy is developed in the area. 1) Arabian Foreland; The succession studied begins with Eocene limestones, ranging fro...

Güneydoğu Anadolu bindirme kuşağının ön kesimleri ve buna komşu olan Arap önülkesindeki istifler, çalışma alanı olan Çağlayancerit civarlarında iyi yüzlekler sunmaktadır. Çalışma alanından elde edilen yeni sedimanter ve yapısal veriler yorumlanmıştır. Çalışma alanındaki başlıca tektono-stratigrafik üniteler: 1) Arap Önülkesi; İncelenen istif Eosen...

Adana baseni, Alt Miyosen transgresyonu ile dolmaya başlarken (Kaplankaya, Karaisalı, Cingöz ve Güvenç formasyonları) havza kenarlarında KD-GB ve KB-GD yönlü normal faylanmalar erken Miyosen döneminde gelişmeye başlamış ve havzanın dolmaya başladığı süreç ile Orta Miyosen döneminde de gerilme tektoniği etkisiyle şekillenmeye başlamıştır. Adana base...

Çukurova Bölgesi, Doğu anadolu Fay Sistemi, Ecemiş Fay Zonu ve Helen-Kıbrıs yayı gibi aktif tektonik yapılar arasında kalan, sismik açıdan etkin bir alanı kapsamaktadır. Bölgenin depremselliği söz konusu ana aktif yapılar ve bunların kolları tarafından denetlenmektedir. Özellikle Kahramanmaraş - Türkoğlu civarından başlayarak Osmaniye üzerinden Cey...

Üst Kretase–Tersiyer yaşlı kayaçların yüzeylendiği Kırıkkale sedimanter baseni tektono–stratigrafik amaçlı çalışma için çarpışmalı tektonik rejiminin etkili olduğu ideal bir havzadır. Ankara ilinin yaklaşık 50 km doğusunda yer alan basen İzmir–Ankara– Erzincan kenet zonu üzerinde bulunmaktadır. Bu hat güneyde (Menderes – Torid zonu) Gondvana ile il...

Üst Kretase–Tersiyer yaşlı kayaçların yüzeylendiği Kırıkkale sedimanter baseni tektono–stratigrafik amaçlı çalışma için çarpışmalı tektonik rejiminin etkili olduğu ideal bir havzadır. Ankara ilinin yaklaşık 50 km doğusunda yer alan basen İzmir–Ankara– Erzincan kenet zonu üzerinde bulunmaktadır. Bu hat güneyde (Menderes – Torid zonu) Gondvana ile il...

The Upper-Cretaceous/Lower-Tertiary Kırıkkale sedimentary basin is an ideal locality to study the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of a basin within a collisional tectonic setting. Located ca. 50 km east of Ankara, the basin lies in the İzmir-Ankara-Erzincan suture zone. This lineament marks the former boundaries of Gondwana-related microplates to t...