Geochemistry and conceptual model of thermal waters from Erciş - Zilan Valley, Eastern Turkey

Faults related to the neotectonic stress regime of Eastern Anatolia permit the rise and outflow of thermal waters in the Zilan Valley located 30 km north of the Erciş, Van province. Thermal springs discharge in a volcanic terrain, often in clusters, along faults in two separate areas: In the vicinity of Taşkapı (Şörköy) and Gergili villages, which lie in the north of the area; and in the area of Hasanabdal (Doğancı) thermal springs that lie to...