Thermal springs are formed when the groundwater near the magma reservoir or in the tectonically active zones heats up due to magma. In this process, various substances dissolved in the magma are mixed with hot water to ensure that their sources are healing human health. The hot springs are frequently preferred in terms of health tourism because they contain useful elements such as sodium, fluoride and calcium, despite the metals and semi-metals they contain. Turkey has many thermal springs because it is a tectonically active country. Budaklı hot spring, which is selected as a research area, is located to the west of Nemrut crater within the boundaries of Güroymak district of Bitlis province.
This study was carried out in order to determine the elemental properties of Budaklı thermal source to reveal the benefits of these elements and to find out which diseases can be treated, and to contribute to the development of the facilities of Budaklı thermal spring where there is still a lack of infrastructure. As a result of the land and Office studies carried out within this scope, the role of the geographical and geological structure of the area in the formation and reaching of the hot water source was examined and the chemical contents of the water samples taken from the thermal springs were determined. Accordingly, Budaklı spring contains a significant amount of calcium, sodium, potassium and fluoride.
Keywords: Bitlis, Budaklı, geochemical properties, healt htourism
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