Geological and Morphological Features of the Karapinar Sinkholes(Konya, Central Anatolia, Türk?ye)
作者机构:Prime Ministry Disaster And Emergency Management Authority, Konya Provincial Directorate of Disaster and Emergency Department of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Konya Technical University
出 版 物:《Journal of Earth Science》 (地球科学学刊)
年 卷 期:2023年
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学科分类:09[农学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境]
摘 要:Karap?nar region (Konya, Turkey) is one of the important regions of the world in terms of sinkhole formations. The research aimed to map the sinkholes in detail, to determine their spatial distribution and geometrical parameters. For this purpose, the long axes, short axes, depths and the proximity to settlements of the sinkholes were measured and their circumferences and areas were calculated. During the studies, the relationship of the sinkholes with lithology, their cross sections, shapes and the related structures were determined and the sinkholes were divided into five main groups as following; Basement rock sinkholes, Obruk Plateau sinkholes, Seyithac? sinkholes, Siyeklik sinkholes and Basin sinkholes. The d/l ratios of each sinkhole group were separately determined and interpreted. Accordingly, most of the d/l ratios are small than 0.2. Namely, the long axes are higher than the depth and it indicates that the shallow and wide sinkholes are common in the region. It has been determined that the fracture systems in the region, as well as the lithology and groundwater factors, are quite effective in the formation and distribution of the sinkholes in the Karap?nar region. Considering the distance of the sinkholes to the settlements, Seyithac? sinkholes are the most risky group in the region because they are deep and close to the settlements.