Evaluation of structural elements in the collision zone by remote sensing method

Abstract

Topographic and linear data are precisely linked to the tectonic structure of the region. This relation can be identified both in the field and in satellite images. As it is recognized, high topographic areas are formed with the effect of the compression regime in the zones where different continents are sutured. There are traces of the suture zone in the northeast of Kahramanmaraş. Because of the closure of the Neotethys Ocean, a collision zone developed in and around Çağlayancerit, located in the northeast of Kahramanmaraş. Units in the Arabian Autochthonous and Taurus Orogenic belts came together in this district. Thrust belts and faults have been observed in this vicinity. This structural event has developed linearity and topographic elevations, respectively. When the data obtained in the field and the digital elevation method (DEM) data of the region are checked out together in the QGIS environment, the topographic elevations in the collision belt are approximately higher than the areas in the south. As a result of the north-south compression, the thrust lines formed definite linearity. Each different characterized fault in the region controlled the morphology immediately.