Geothermal exploration using geoelectric methods in Kestanbol, Turkey

✍ Scribed by Ilyas Çağlar; Mustafa Demırörer

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 331 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0375-6505
• DOI: 10.1016/s0375-6505(99)00044-9

✦ Synopsis

A self-potential survey was carried out in the Kestanbol area in order to investigate the fault zones that might be associated with geothermal activity. Two fault zones, which could be interpreted as planes electrically polarized by geothermal activity, have been detected by compilation of a self-potential map. A resistivity survey, using the Wenner con®guration, was able to identify the geoelectrical structures that are caused by dierent rocks with variable degrees of fracturation and also aected by geothermal activity. The resistivity maps and two-dimensional geoelectric models indicated a good conductive region (<10 ohm-m) in the southwest part of Kestanbol. On the basis of the results of both methods, a new location is proposed for drilling in this conductive zone.