GEOLOGY OF THE ANTALYA TUFA AND ITS EFFECTS ON SOILS

KARAMAN M. E., ALAGÖZ Z., YALÇIN M. G.

12h International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference (SGEM), Albena, Bulgaristan, 17 - 23 Haziran 2012, ss.107-109 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Albena
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Bulgaristan
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.107-109
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tufa, Red Soil, Antalya, TERRA-ROSSA, LIMESTONE
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Antalya tufa is a terrestrial limestone formation in the Antalya region with a 600 km2 area near the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey. It shows unconformities with the underlying ultra basic rocks and alluvial units above belong to Quaternary age. The thickness of the tufa formation is about 50-250 m. in different locations. Antalya Tufa which is a Plio-Quaternary age is a terrestrial secondary limestone formation by the action of Kirkgoz Spring of Beydaglari Mountains. The tufa consists not only of calcite minerals, but also includes other minerals and organic materials. Formation of soils on the tufa is the effect of not only calcite minerals but also insoluble materials in the formation. Although, the tufa consist mainly of calcite minerals, soil over the tufa formation do not show high amount of calcitic features.