KESTANBOL (CANAKKALE-NORTH WESTERN TURKEY) GRANITE PILLAR QUARRY

Abstract

Within the borders of Ezine district in Canakkale, upper Oligocene - lower Miocene of aged Kestanbol Pluton has the quartz monzonite and granitic character as mineralogical structure. Light metamoprhic clastics, recrystallized limestones, Karadag Metamorphic Community consisting of metaclastics in upper levels and Denizgoren Ophiolite mostly serpentinized this tectonic unit are rest units of the study area forming the base of the Ezine Zone.