Miscelleneous Photos of Field Areas in Turkey

The rocks of central Anatolia are spectacularly exposed. On the left are marbles and other metasedimentary rocks near Sivrihisar. On the right, the Aladag Mountains near the Nigde Massif.

Folded (meta)sedimentary rocks on the eastern margin of the Nigde Massif

Folded sedimentary rocks near Avanos and Gulsehir, central Anatolia

 

During field work, we have picnic lunches. It is not difficult to find a scenic spot. In this photo, we had a picnic on the shore of Bafa Lake in western Turkey (Menderes Massif).

 

It is easy to find contacts between geologic units when the sheep and goats follow the contact for us.