Implementation of GIS for Landforms of Southern Marmara

In this paper; it is aimed to generate a Geographical Information System (GIS) supported model that creates and classifies the landform features of the Southern Marmara, which is located between the central and southern segments of the North Anatolian Fault Zone (NAFZ). In the study, various methods and topographic algorithms were trained for the creation of the landforms such as different interpolation methods, slope, aspect, curvatures, textures, elevation groups and hillshade operations. In this respect, for the classification of landform features, an algorithm is used which is developed by Iwahashi and Pike in 2007. According to this algorithm, twelve different landform units are determined and their distribution is mapped by using Digital Elevation Model (DEM). As a consequence of classification map, it is found that the distribution of the landforms and morphological properties are likely to be connected to southern branch of NAFZ. The narrow and stretch inter mountain plains, linear ridges and main faults alongside the mountain fronts and linear valleys are the most important evidences supporting this inference. TS 7I- GIS Applications in Turke