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Yalvaç Basin
The Yalvaç Basin is a sedimentary basin in Turkey, around Lake Beyşehir and the present-day town of Yalvaç. It lies within the geological region known as the Isparta Angle. It has existed since Miocene times. General description The Yalvaç Basin is a sedimentary basin located in the northern tip of the Isparta Angle. It generally runs from northwest to southeast and is about 55 km long and 15 km wide. Lake Beyşehir occupies its southern part, while at its northwestern end is the village of Yarıkkaya. To the north, east, and west, the Yalvaç Basin is bounded by mountains, such as the Sultandağları mountains. The Yalvaç Basin's shape and size have been mostly the same since its formation, either during or shortly before the Middle Miocene, and sedimentary deposition has been occurring here since then. Stratigraphy The Yalvaç Basin consists of four main geological formations, from oldest to youngest: the Bağkonak Formation, the Yarıkkaya Formation, the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedimentary Basin
Sedimentary basins are region-scale depressions of the Earth's crust where subsidence has occurred and a thick sequence of sediments have accumulated to form a large three-dimensional body of sedimentary rock They form when long-term subsidence creates a regional depression that provides Accommodation (geology), accommodation space for accumulation of sediments. Over millions or tens or hundreds of millions of years the deposition of sediment, primarily gravity-driven transportation of water-borne eroded material, acts to fill the depression. As the sediments are buried, they are subject to increasing pressure and begin the processes of compaction (geology), compaction and lithification that transform them into sedimentary rock. Sedimentary basins are created by deformation of Earth's lithosphere in diverse geological settings, usually as a result of plate tectonics, plate tectonic activity. Mechanisms of crustal deformation that lead to subsidence and sedimentary basin formatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
