A Fascinating Gift from Volcanoes: The Fairy Chimneys and Underground Cities of Cappadocia

Attila Çiner; Erkan Aydar

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03515-0_31

A Fascinating Gift from Volcanoes: The Fairy Chimneys and Underground Cities of Cappadocia

Attila Çiner^*
, Erkan Aydar

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Avrasya Yer Bilimleri Enstitüsü

Hacettepe University

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Cappadocia, at the heart of the Central Anatolia Plateau in Turkey, is famous for its unusual volcanic landscape and rock dwellings. The formation of this landscape dates back to the late Miocene epoch (∼10 Ma) (Ma = Million years) when ignimbrites and pyroclastic deposits started to spread out from a few volcanic centres over an area of 20.000 km² centred on the plateau. The volcanism continued for several millions of years and laid down thick and colourful ignimbrite layers. The evolution of the Cappadocian landscape is governed by the uplift of the plateau since late Miocene times. Gently sloping plateaus formed by the surface of volcanic pyroclastic flows are later dissected, usually along fractures of soft-unwelded ignimbrites, to form mushroom-like, cone-shaped structures known locally as “fairy chimneys”. Ancient populations also used the ignimbrites to carve their houses, churches and even underground cities. This unique cultural and morphological heritage site was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985 and today is one of the most visited regions of Turkey.

Orijinal dil	İngilizce
Ana bilgisayar yayını başlığı	World Geomorphological Landscapes
Yayınlayan	Springer
Sayfalar	535-549
Sayfa sayısı	15
DOI'lar	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03515-0_31
Yayın durumu	Yayınlandı - 2019

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Adı	World Geomorphological Landscapes
ISSN (Basılı)	2213-2090
ISSN (Elektronik)	2213-2104

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Several TÜBİTAK projects financially supported our long-lasting research in the region. We thank numerous colleagues (İnan Ulusoy, Evren Çubukçu, Erdal Şen from Hacettepe University; Orkun Ersoy from Niğde University; Marek Zreda from University of Arizona; Catherine Kuzucuoğlu from CNRS; Alain Gourgaud from Université Blaise Pascal) with whom we exchanged knowledge and observations. We appreciate M. Akif Sarıkaya’s (Istanbul Technical University) help during the fieldwork and in drawing the map. We are grateful to Kısmet Çiner, the manager of Kayadam Cave House in Ürgüp, who kindly hosted us during our work in Cappadocia.

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University of Arizona
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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