Geology of Keypez-Nişanıt-Domuzdere-Kitiz area (Afşin-Kahramanmaraş)

ABSTRACTMSc. THESISGEOLOGY OF KEYPEZ-NİŞANIT-DOMUZDERE-KİTİZ AREA(AFŞİN-KAHRAMANMARAŞ)Metin BEYAZPİRİNÇDEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGYINSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLİED SCIENCESUNIVERSITY OF ÇUKUROVASupervisor: Prof. Dr. Cavit DEMİRKOLYear: 2006 Pages: 79Jury: Prof. Dr. Cavit DEMİRKOLProf. Dr. Ulvi Can ÜNLÜGENÇAssist Prof. Dr. Alican KOPThe investigated area is located to the near west of Afşin town (Kahramanmaraş), inthe area among Keypez-Nişanıt-Domuzdere-Kitiz villages. In the investigated area,allochthonous and autochthonous rock type assemblages are cropped out. The allochthonousunits are Göksun ophiolite, Binboğa metamorphics and Esence granitoides which emplacedin the region during pre-late Maastrichtian as nappes. The autochthonous units areMaastrichtian-Paleocene age Harami formation, Late Paleocene-Late Eocene age Seskeformation, (?) Late Miocene-Pliocene age Ahmetçik formation and Quaternary cover units.İn this study, geological properties of these all rock type assemblages were studied in detail;the Seske and Yoncayolu formations were subdivided into members and detailed geologicalmap of investigated area has been prepared with the scale of 1/25.000.Key words: Allocthonous units, Autocthonous units, Göksun ophiolite, Binboğametamorphics, Seske formationII