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The Ilica Branch Of The Southeastern Eski̇şehi̇r Fault Zone: An Active Rightlateral Strike-Slip Structure In Central Anatolia, Turkey, Korhan Esat, Bülent Kaypak, Veysel Işik, Berkan Ecevi̇toğlu, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu

Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration

The Eskişehir Fault Zone is one of the prominent neotectonic structures of Turkey. It separates the west Anatolian extensional province and the strike-slip induced northwest central Anatolian contractional area in the Anatolian Block. Its southeastern part is generally divided into three branches, namely the Ilıca, Yeniceoba, and Cihanbeyli from north to south, respectively. The right lateral strike-slip Ilıca branch (IB) is an approximately 100-km-long fault and it is composed of several segments in a northwest-southeast direction. The slickensides, subsidiary fractures, cataclastic zone, fracture-controlled drainage pattern, right lateral stream deflections, deformation in the Quaternary unit observing in the seismic reflection sections, …