Preliminary
evaluation of Central Anatolian basins in Turkey
by using the
gravity & magnetic data
*Turkish Petroleum Corp., M. Kemal Mah. 2. Cad. No: 86, 06520, Sogutozu,
Ankara, Turkey
**Ankara University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Geophysical
Engineering, 06100, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey
Abstract: One of the
largest interior basins in Turkey, the Tuzgölü Basin
related with the Haymana and Kırıkkale
Basins, has smooth topography, a stable young sedimentary
cover and limited outcrop zones. But the study area bears a complex geology
with intensive tectonism and poor seismic data
quality beneath the surface. The complexity of the subsurface geology was
attempted to be solved and important structural components giving evident
anomalies were determined using the gravity and magnetic methods in integration
with each other.
Most important determination from the gravity anomaly map is the
existence of a large and unique basin (named as
Upward continuation up to 4 km with 1 km intervals was applied to gravity and magnetic anomaly maps in order to observe regionality of these anomalies.