The research of Fatma Gulmez et al (2023) interpret the outcomes of geothermal drillings and make new geological solutions for the Gediz Graben in Türkiye.
The work of the geothermal {industry} additionally contributes to the expansion of the physique of information within the discipline of geosciences. The research of Fatma Gülmez and her colleagues (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-023-02319-0) interpret the outcomes of geothermal drillings and make new geological solutions for the Gediz Graben in Türkiye.
Western Anatolia has been the location of many geothermal research. Tons of of deep drillings and 1000’s of kilometers of geophysical measurements are carried out, principally by the non-public sector. Nevertheless, it isn’t doable to say that these strategic research are mentioned sufficiently in scientific-academic platforms. The lately printed article by Fatma Gulmez, Hatice Unal Ercan, Nalan Lom, Gonenc Gocmengil and Emre Damci is essential on this sense.
The article interprets knowledge from geothermal drilling operations within the Gediz Graben and brings new solutions about varied options of the geological items within the Gediz Graben and their relationship with the encompassing grabens. Regardless of the extraordinary geothermal actions in Western Anatolia, many main points are nonetheless unclear. There are deficiencies in explanations concerning the connection between grabens and their formation mechanisms. The authors emphasize this case within the article and put ahead theses about this discipline by deciphering the logs of geothermal drillings.
Within the article, the Neogene basins within the Western Anatolia extensional area are examined underneath two separate headings:
- NE-SW basins dominated by supplies derived from items associated to the Menderes Massif and/or the Izmir-Ankara-Erzincan suture zone;
- E-W trending basins which can be recognized to be devoid of Tethyan ophiolitic materials and comprise Miocene and Plio-Quaternary sediments.
“The connection between the 2 units of basins is unclear,” based on the authors. They state that some researchers recommend that E-W oriented grabens are youthful than NE-SW oriented grabens. It’s acknowledged within the article that drillings made as much as a depth of 3840 m within the Alasehir sub-basin have been used. Among the theses put ahead within the examine are as follows:
“We recommended that the Alasehir sub-basin has an identical early Miocene configuration with the Usak-Gure basin and that the Gediz Graben represents an inherited construction of NE-SW oriented grabens.”
“The examine reveals that the Neogene graben fill is thicker than beforehand documented and comprises ophiolite-derived clastics at its base.”
The authors wish to thank Ozmen Holding Sis Enerji CEO Erkan Ozmen, Umut Baris Ulgen and Yalcin Ersoy and the drilling crew for his or her contributions to this examine, which makes a big contribution to the understanding of the geology of the Gediz Graben.
With this examine, the geology of Western Anatolia is best understood with the data obtained from geothermal drilling. The examine can also be an excellent instance of industry-academia cooperation.
Supply: Fatma Gülmez through our Turkish language platform JeotermalHaberler
