Çatakkaya Döküntü Örtülü Buzulu (Tatos Dağları)

Abstract

The eastern part of the North Anatolian Mountains is the place where the Pleistocene glaciations is most effective.In these mountains, which have many summits over 3500 meters, especially the high parts above 2500 meters constitute a significant glacial area. Important peaks of the Eastern Black Sea Mountains; Glaciers and glacier shapes on the northern slopes of Kaçkar, Verçenik, Tatos (Dilek), Göller(Hunut) and Bulut-Altiparmak have been subject to various investigations because of these features. In the Eastern Black Sea Mountains, there are also some glacial traces, glacial shapes, and even current cirque glaciers in the southern-facing parts of these summits. The southern part of the Tatos Mountains, which forms one of the highest peaks of the Eastern Black Sea Mountains, is also where glaciation is effective.The glacier valleys reflecting the traces of the Pleistocene glaciations, the various glacial shapes and glacier lakes together with the northward-facing Çatakkaya debris covered glacier, covered entirely with a rubble, detected at the steep slope of a glacial cirque is a significant finding that reveals the impact and significance of glaciation in this area.

Keywords

• glacial morphology
• glaciations
• debris-covered glaciers
• tatos mountains-turkey