Geomorphology of the Ceyhan River lower plain (Adana Region, Turkey)

Figures & data

Figure 1. Regional setting of the study area (yellow box).

Figure 2. Simplified tectonic sketch map showing major fault lineaments (modified from Walsh-Kennedy et al., 2014). The study area appears in yellow. EFZ: Ecemis Fault Zone and KFZ: Karataş Fault Zone.

Figure 3. Karst dissolution features: rillenkarren and kamenitza.

Figure 4. Oxbow swamps due to recent variations in the fluvial channel pattern, near Kesik village (© 2016 DigitalGlobe, © 2016 GeoEye).

Figure 5. Evident progressive lateral meander migration near Esenler village (© 2016 DigitalGlobe, © 2016 GeoEye).

Figure 6. Traces of ancient tufa quarry.

Walsh-Kennedy, S., Aksu, A. E., Hall, J., Hiscott, R. N., Yaltırak, C., & Çifçi, G. (2014). Source to sink: The development of the latest Messinian to Pliocene–Quaternary Cilicia and Adana Basins and their linkages with the on land Mut Basin, Eastern Mediterranean. Tectonophysics, 622, 1–21. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.01.019

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