Areas
of Specialization
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Area |
Keywords |
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Geochemistry |
Major Elements, Trace Elements, Isotopes |
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Geochronology |
Radioactive-Radiogenic Isotopes, Age Determinations |
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Petrogenesis |
Volcanics, Granitoids, Magmatic Processes |
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Geothermal Systems |
Chemistry, Isotopes, Geothermometry, Monitoring |
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Environmental Geochemistry |
Environmental Impacts, Mining Activities, Industrial Centers |
Research
Subjects
Geochemistry and isotope geology in relation to
·
Geothermal
systems (geothermal potential assessment, origin of crustal fluids and
monitoring of seismic activities),
·
Petrogenesis
of volcanic rocks and granitoids,
·
Genesis
of mineral deposits,
·
Environmental
impacts of mining and industrial activities.
Research Areas
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Geochemical
characterization of geothermal fields of Turkey as natural analogues for
subsurface storage of CO2.
·
Geothermal
potential assessment via geochemical studies.
·
Geochemical
studies related to the relationship amongst volcanism-tectonism-seismicity-geothermal
activities in Turkey.
·
Monitoring
of gas chemistry in relation to seismic activities and noble gas
characterization of the geothermal fields along the Eastern Segment of
the Büyük 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 .
·
Samli
Fe-oxide mineralization: genetic investigation in relation to possible
Fe-Oxide-Cu-Au (IOCG) type deposits.
·
Classification
and comparative investigation of Madendağ and Kartaldağ epithermal
gold mineralizations in Çanakkale region.
·
Genetic
investigation of the Balya-Balıkesir lead-zinc mineralization.
·
Lead-Isotope
Geochemistry of Pb-Zn Deposits from Eastern Taurides, Turkey.
·
Central
Anatolian granitoids-geologic, petrographic, geochemical and geochronological
studies.
·
Environmental
Geochemistry: assessment of contamination around coal-fired power plants and
former mining activities.