18-20 June, 2003, Budapest, Hungary OSSKI Center (Törley Palace)

with Exhibition and Pre-Session on Thermal Energy in Hungarian
"THERMO-BRIDGE"
between East and West for technology transfer and information exchange

           This study is concerned with the geothermal energy and quality of mineral waters at Isparta and surrounding area in Turkey. Turkey is well known for its geothermal resources. The Earth’s crust in Western Anatolia is relatively thin and consequently the geothermal gradient is higher than the world average. This property is important and such places with higher efficiency must be put in use in the near future.

           Turkey, a bridge between Asia and Europe, is located on the Alpine Orogenic belt. Due to the strong tectonic activity and volcanism in this area, many geothermal systems occur, mostly around this recent active volcanism in the western part of Turkey, just as the similar other geothermal areas in the world. Also active volcanoes in recent historical times, frequent earthquakes along active fault zones, high seismic activity created more than 1000 thermal hot springs and enriched geothermal resources of Turkey.

          The study area is located in the SW part of Turkey, which is called the lakes region. Lakes are, Egridir, Burdur, Golcuk and Beysehir. There are many mineral water and hot springs around Isparta and surrounding area, because of volcanic activity and active fault systems in the region. Şifa mineral water is one of the mineral waters in the study area, near Isparta city. Mineral water samples from different localities around Isparta are collected and analyzed chemically. The results of chemical analyses are evaluated in this study by using different diagrams and computer programs for different purposes.

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OSSKI Center (Törley Palace)
"Fodor József" National Center of Public Heath
"Frédéric Joliot-Curie" National Research Institute for
Radiobiology and Radiohygiene. (OKK-OSSKI)
www.osski.hu