Tuz Gölü Fault Zone
| Tuz Gölü Fault Zone (TGFZ) | |
|---|---|
| Koçhisar-Aksaray Fault Zone | |
The Tuz Gölü Fault Zone (inside the red square, black lines) on a topographic map of the region. Cities are marked with a pentagon. | |
| Etymology | Lake Tuz |
| Country | Turkey |
| Region | Central Anatolia region |
| Cities | Aksaray, Niğde |
| Characteristics | |
| Length | ~200 km (120 mi) |
| Width | 2–25 km (1.2–15.5 mi) |
| Tectonics | |
| Plate | Anatolian Plate |
| Type | Dip-slip with smaller strike-slip component |
| Age | Pliocene |
The Tuz Gölü Fault Zone (TGFZ), also called the Koçhisar-Aksaray Fault, is a fault zone located in central Turkey in the Central Anatolia region. It is a roughly 200 km (120 mi) long fault that extends from near the northern tip of Lake Tuz, where the fault gets its name from to Kemerhisar. The fault is a northwest-southeast directed fault and is a normal fault which dips to the southwest; the fault is also 2–25 km (1.2–15.5 mi) wide. The TGFZ can be found in the neotectonic region of Central Anatolian "Ova" Province, where extensional tectonics takes place. The fault, combining with Mount Hasan, poses a notable hazard to the region. A large earthquake on the segment adjacent to Mt. Hasan could trigger a magma reservoir failure.