Overview of the Geothermal Activities in Greece during 1985-89
- Key words
- Country Update; Exploration; Drilling; Greece; Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration; Flow Rates; Volcanics
- Location
- Greece
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1990
- Session
- Geothermal overviews; Exploration; Direct use
- Language
- English
Abstract
Following a brief outline of the geological background in Greece, as related to geothermal exploration, the prospective areas for low enthalpy fluids are classified into four groups. These are the Tertiary grabens associated with lithospheric stretching and crustal subsidence, the Arc of the Aegean Plio-Quaternary volcanism induced by the subduction of the African plate, Central Aegean islands of distensive tectonism bordering back arc marine basins and finally Tertiary-Quaternary sedimentary basins of various types, not classified as grabens. The geothermal regime in each of these groups is outline, and the current status of exploration is reviewed.
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