An Extensional Fracture Acting as Hot Water Source for Travertine Deposition on the North Anatolian Fault Zone, Turkey: the Resadiye Fissure-Ridge

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dc.contributor.authorMesci, Bekir Levent
dc.contributor.authorGursoy, Halil
dc.contributor.authorGhaleb, Bassam
dc.contributor.authorTatar, Orhan
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-26T18:00:08Z
dc.date.available2024-10-26T18:00:08Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentSivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe Resadiye (Tokat) geothermal field is located in the northern part of the right-lateral North Anatolian Fault Zone. Geothermal waters at temperatures between 48-52 degrees C from this geothermal field are currently used mostly in hotels, pools and bathrooms and provide significant tourism potential for the region. The area where the geothermal sites are located includes a similar to NW-SE trending fissure-ridge type travertine with a length of about 600 meters. Approximately 500 meters south of the geothermal field and parallel to the Kelkit River, the active segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone comprises the Kelkit Valley fault segment extending N72 degrees W. The average strike direction of Resadiye fissure-ridge type travertine is around N33 degrees W. There is an angle of 39 degrees between the master trend of NAFZ and the direction of the Resadiye fissure-ridge travertine. This 39 degrees angle between the extensional cracks in the fissure-ridge travertine and the NAFZ is compatible with extensional fractures developing in well-formed strike-slip faults at an angle of similar to 45 degrees with the master fault. U/Th determination of two samples from banded travertines from the travertine deposits yielded ages of 7,563 and 12,529 years. Combined with other evidence, the samples indicate an opening rate of 0.093 mm/year for the Resadiye geothermal travertine field.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific Research Fund of Sivas Cumhuriyet University
dc.description.sponsorshipThe first author would like to thank the Scientific Research Fund of Sivas Cumhuriyet University for financial support. We would also like to thank Prof. Erhan Altunel, Prof. Ercan Aksoy and Prof. Ulvi Can Unlugenc for their kind reviews and detailed comments and suggestions for improving the manuscript.
dc.identifier.doi10.25288/tjb.623535
dc.identifier.endpage160
dc.identifier.issn1016-9164
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage145
dc.identifier.trdizinid371624
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.25288/tjb.623535
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/371624
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12418/27549
dc.identifier.volume63
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000523336800001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTmmob Jeoloji Muhendisleri Odasi
dc.relation.ispartofTurkiye Jeoloji Bulteni-Geological Bulletin of Turkey
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectActive tectonics
dc.subjectNorth Anatolian Fault Zone
dc.subjectResadiye
dc.subjectTravertine tectonics
dc.subjectTravitonics
dc.subjectU/Th age dating
dc.titleAn Extensional Fracture Acting as Hot Water Source for Travertine Deposition on the North Anatolian Fault Zone, Turkey: the Resadiye Fissure-Ridge
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