Areas of Specialization

 

Area

Keywords

Geochemistry

Major Elements, Trace Elements, Isotopes

Geochronology

Radioactive-Radiogenic Isotopes, Age Determinations

Petrogenesis

Volcanics, Granitoids, Magmatic Processes

Geothermal Systems

Chemistry, Isotopes, Geothermometry, Monitoring

Environmental Geochemistry

Environmental Impacts, Mining Activities, Industrial Centers



Research Subjects


Geochemistry and isotope geology in relation to

  • petrogenesis of volcanic rocks and granitoids,
  • geothermal systems (geothermal potential assessment, origin of crustal fluids and monitoring of seismic activities),
  • genesis of mineral deposits,
  • environmental impacts of mining and industrial activities.

Research Areas

·         Geochemical studies related to the relationship amongst volcanism-tectonism-seismicity-geothermal activities in western Anatolia

·         Geothermal Potential assessment via geochemical studies

·         Monitoring of gas chemistry in relation to seismic activities and noble gas characterization of the geothermal fields along the Eastern Segment of the Buyuk Menderes Graben (Western Anatolia, Turkey) (in collaboration with GeoForschungZentrum-GFZ-Potsdam, Germany)

·         Monitoring of isotope composition of geothermal fluids along the North Anatolian Fault Zone: temporal variations in relation to recent seismic activities (in collaboration with Isotope Lab. of Turkish State Hydraulic Works and the Fluids and Volatiles Laboratory of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography)

·         Petrogenesis of eastern Anatolian volcanics

·         Central Anatolian granitoids-geologic, petrographic, geochemical and geochronological studies

·         Genetic Investigation of the Balya-Balıkesir lead-zinc mineralization

·         Classification and comparative investigation of Madendağ and Kartaldağ epithermal gold mineralizations in Canakkale region

·         Şamlı Fe-oxide mineralization: genetic investigation in relation to possible Fe-oxide-Cu-Au (IOCG) type deposits

·         Geochemical assessment of geothermal potential along the North Anatolian Fault Zone

·         Lead-Isotope Geochemistry of Pb-Zn Deposits from Eastern Taurides, Turkey

·         Environmental Geochemistry: assessment of contamination around coal-fired power plants and former mining activities

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