Hydrothermal fluids circulation and travertine deposition in an active tectonic setting: Insights from the Kamara geothermal area (western Anatolia, Turkey)

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dc.authoridCapezzuoli, Enrico/0000-0002-4199-1870
dc.authoridAlcicek, Mehmet Cihat/0000-0001-7689-7625
dc.authoridBrogi, Andrea/0000-0002-3386-3609
dc.authoridBoschi, Chiara/0000-0001-8972-4432
dc.authoridRimondi, Valentina/0000-0002-1249-6563
dc.authoridRUGGIERI, GIOVANNI/0000-0002-1188-1996
dc.authoridYALCINER, CAHIT CAGLAR/0000-0003-0470-303X
dc.contributor.authorBrogi, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorAlcicek, M. Cihat
dc.contributor.authorYalciner, Cahit Caglar
dc.contributor.authorCapezzuoli, Enrico
dc.contributor.authorLiotta, Domenico
dc.contributor.authorMeccheri, Marco
dc.contributor.authorRimondi, Valentina
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:31:19Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:31:19Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractCoexistence of thermal springs, travertine deposits and tectonic activity is a recurring feature for most geothermal areas. Although such a certainty, their relationships are debated mainly addressing on the role of the tectonic activity in triggering and controlling fluids flow and travertine deposition. In this paper, we present the results of an integrated study carried out in a geothermal area located in western Anatolia (Turkey), nearby the well-known Pamukkale area (Denizli Basin). Our study focused on the relationships among hydrothermal fluids circulation, travertine deposition and tectonic activity, with particular emphasis on the role of faults in controlling fluids upwelling, thermal springs location and deposition of travertine masses. New field mapping and structural/kinematics analyses allowed us to recognize two main faults systems (NW- and NE-trending), framed in the Neogene-Quaternary extensional tectonic evolution of western Anatolia. A geo-radar (GPR) prospection was also provided in a key-area, permitting us to reconstruct a buried fault zone and its relationships with the development of a fissure-ridge travertine deposit (Kamara fissure-ridge). The integration among structural and geophysical studies, fluids inclusion, geochemical, isotopic data and Th-230/U-238 radiometric age determination on travertine deposits, depict the characteristics of the geothermal fluids and their pathway, up to the surface. Hydrological and seismological data have been also taken in account to investigate the relation between local seismicity and fluid upwelling. As a main conclusion we found strict relationships among tectonic activity, earthquakes occurrence, and variation of the physical/chemical features of the hydrothermal fluids, presently exploited at depth, or flowing out in thermal springs. In the same way, we underline the tectonic role in controlling the travertine deposition, making travertine (mainly banded travertine) a useful proxy to reconstruct the seismological history of an area, as well as the characteristics of the parent geothermal fluids, adding an effective tool for geothermal exploration tasks. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.description.sponsorshipTUBITAK (Scientific and Techological Research Council of Turkey) [113Y551]; CNR (National Research Council of Italy) [113Y551]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis paper has been the result of an international bilateral cooperation between TUBITAK (Scientific and Techological Research Council of Turkey) and CNR (National Research Council of Italy): grant number 113Y551. We are grateful to Valerio Ricci for helping in the field mapping and Mr. Mustafa Basali, the owner of Kamara Spa, for his warm hospitality and the useful information on the water out bursting history of Kamara thermal springs. We are also grateful to Mr. Barbaros Ozcelik for having permitted us to visit his quarry several times. We are indebted with Koen Van Noten and Giancarlo Molli for their fruitful comments and criticisms that allowed us to improve the original version of this text.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tecto.2016.05.003
dc.identifier.endpage232
dc.identifier.issn0040-1951
dc.identifier.issn1879-3266
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84969931911
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage211
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.05.003
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/23092
dc.identifier.volume680
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000379277000015
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofTectonophysics
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectTravertine
dc.subjectGeothermal system
dc.subjectThermal springs
dc.subjectFluid inclusion
dc.subjectActive tectonics
dc.titleHydrothermal fluids circulation and travertine deposition in an active tectonic setting: Insights from the Kamara geothermal area (western Anatolia, Turkey)
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