Abstract
Geological studies indicate that one of the most important geothermal systems of Turkey is located in the western Anatolia. There are plenty of studies covering the geological, geophysical and modeling aspects on land. In this study, for the first time, we construct coupled numerical models of fluid flow and temperature offshore Gulf of Izmir and Seferihisar–Doğanbey, using constraints from marine seismic data, which reveal pockmarks, mud volcanoes, and fluid vents. The numerical models were designed by taking into account of main tectonic structures such as Izmir Fault, Doğanbey Fault, Tuzla Fault and Seferihisar Horst. It is found that hydrothermal circulation pattern is influenced by the combination of presence of faults, sediment thickness and seafloor bathymetry. The models here give new insights into the future studies on the possible fluid transport mechanisms.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 154 |
| Journal | Journal of Earth System Science |
| Volume | 128 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019, Indian Academy of Sciences.
Funding
This study was supported by the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Research Fund, Project No. 37167. The authors thank Duygu Ya˘gci for her contribution at preliminary models. The authors express their gratitude to the Associate Editor, Subimal Ghosh and the anonymous reviewer for their valuable suggestions.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | 37167 |
Keywords
- Aegean Sea
- Gulf of Izmir
- fluid flow
- numerical model
- temperature
- western Anatolia