ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES, cilt.15, sa.2, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)
Spectral properties of aeromagnetic anomalies in the Central Anatolia are re-analyzed and reviewed for accurate Curie point depths (CPDs), radiogenic heat production, thermal conductivity, seismic velocities (V-p) and crustal temperatures. Cappadocia volcanic complex (CVC) and batholiths have direct relations with aeromagnetic anomalies. CVC has contributions to the geothermal potential of the region; Cretaceous granitoids are cold intrusions. The Yozgat Batholith is represented with CPD contours of 18-19 km. CPDs are shallow (7-8 km) beneath the CVC. Radiogenic heat production is high (0.64 mu Wm(-3)) in this region while significantly low (0.22 mu Wm(-3)) to the SW of Yozgat. Depending on the low thermal activity, seismic velocities (V-P) are higher (6.68 to 7.85 km/s) in this area due to granitoids than CVC (6.16-7.15 km/s). Thermal conductivities between Kaman and Yozgat are 2.51-2.54 W/mK. They are lower (2.49-2.50 W/mK) under the CVC due to reducing effect of high heat-flows. South of the Central Anatolian Crystalline Complex (CACC) keeps prospectivity for the geothermal energy, and the northern part of CACC presents cold structure in spite of granitoids, ophiolites and volcanics. Metamorphic rocks do not include any thermal potential.