HR: 1330h
AN: NS23B-01    [Abstracts]
TI: Study of the Crossborder Geothermal Field in the Sarandoporos- Konitsa Area With Integrated Geophysical and Geochemical Methods.
AU: Tsokas, G
EM: gtsokas@geo.auth.gr
AF: Geophysical Labaratory, Aristotle University, Faculty of Sciences, Thessaloniki, 54006 Greece
AU: * Balliu, E
EM: elonaballiu2004@yahoo.com
AF: Land Water Air Organization, Rruga "Fadil Rada", P/9/3/1, Tirana, 0000 Albania
AU: Reci, H
EM: hrecij@yahoo.com
AF: Geophysical Center of Tirana, L.9, Blloku "Vasil Shanto", Tirana, 0000 Albania
AB: The studied area lies north of the city of Konitsa in Greece and includes the Albanian village of Koukes. Specifically, it lies between the geographic latitude (”) 40‹ 02' up to 40‹ 07' and in geographic longitude (‰) 20‹ 37' up to 20‹ 45'. The geothermic field in Sarandaporos -Konitsa lies in the cross-border area between Albania and Greece. The field has several surface manifestations and extended geological investigations, including tectonic geochemical and geomorfological studies have been carried out. This work presents the conduct and interpretation of vertical electrical soundings (V.E.S.) in both sides of the borders. It is aiming to study the structure down to the depth of 1000m, in a relative large area, where information about the deep structure would have an enormous cost if acquired by a network of boreholes. Thermal springs known in the Greek part of the region are the thermal springs of Kavassila - Piksaria where the water temperature reaches up to 31o C. In the Albanian side the existence of hot springs (Koukes) is also well known, where the water supply is provided by the hot springs situated in the Skordili bridge. Two main geoelectrical formations revealed which coincide with the flysch and the limestone basement. The area appears faulted in the NW-SE and NE-SW directions and a few concealed graben and horst structures exist. Low resistivity values were observed above basement uplifts and major faults. These values were attributed to hot fluid circulation.
DE: 1878 Water/energy interactions
DE: 4832 Hydrothermal systems
DE: 5418 Heat flow
DE: 8010 Fractures and faults
DE: 8099 General or miscellaneous
SC: Near-Surface Geophysics [NS]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly