In this study, geological characteristics of the Almus Fault Zone (AFZ), which was splayed from the Northern Anatolian Fault Zone, have been analyzed by using the remote sensing methods and digital elevation data, and the activitiy of AFZ have been researched. For this purposes, Landsat TM and Aster satellites datas and topographic maps of 1\25 000 scale have been used. Remote sensing datas have been transformed to UTM projection system, and the contour lines of the maps were digitized every 20 meters interval. To the satellite datas, the image enhancement methot is applied by using principal components analysis, and result of this precise bounderies of a great number of land features were obtained compare to the original images. Using the bilineer interpolation method produced digital elevation model in the raster form was obtained by making vector-raster tranformation and attributing the maximum altitude value to 255 grey colour and minumum altitude value to 0 grey colour value. By merging the satellites datas and the digital elevation model for the geological evaluation of the great bounderies, the linearities at the AFZ have been detected. At the study, the kinematical analysis of the fault measurements have been evaluated by making field work. This study shows that the Almus Fault Zone is a normal fault system and AFZ is starting South of Turhal and going over to Almus.Keywords: AFZ, DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL, REMOTE SENSING |