Water Chemistry and Environmental Tritium Laboratory

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In Water Chemistry Laboratory, physical properties of natural waters, major ions and nutrient salts, silica and boron contents and total and fecal coliform measurements are performed. In Environmental Tritium Laboratory, the environmental tritium isotope content of natural waters is measured by the alkaline electrolytic enrichment method..

Research Infrastructure

Field Equipment

Researchers

•    Assist. Prof. Dr.  Türker Kurttaş (Lab. Head)
•    Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ekmekçi
•    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Harun AYDIN
•    Assist. Prof. Dr.  Levent Tezcan
•    Assist. Prof. Dr.  Şükran Açıkel
•    Füsun MUSLU

Ongoing Projects

• Kurttaş, T. and C. Yurteri, 2021, Investigation of Kırşehir-Seyfe Lake Wetland by Hydrogeological, Hydrogeochemical and Environmental Isotope Techniques, Hacettepe University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit, Project No: 18960-2021

Completed Projects

• Investigation of the Pollution of Water Basins and Determination of the Quality Classes in These Basins: Example Application for the Population Forecast and Industrial Inventory in The Seyhan and Sakarya Basins, Hacettepe University Earth Sciences Application and Research Center, H.Ü.-General Directorate of Environment, Project no 1608-88/010,1987-1988, in English and Turkish
• Pollution and Remediation of the Surface water Pollution in the Antalya Basin, Ministry of Environment 1991-1992,
• Hydrogeochemical and Geochemical Investigation of the Karstic Travertine Deposits of the Lower Zamanti Basin (Aladaglar): Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, Project No. YBAG-108, 1993-1995,
• Hydrogeologic Aspects of Groundwater Protection in Karst Areas; Present State and Future Trend of Groundwater Contamination in Antalya Travertine Plateau: COST-65 Hacettepe University-Eurepean Union Joint Project, 1992-1995,
• Hydrologic, Hydrochemical, Geochemical and Environmental Isotopic Investigation of Turkish Lakes: Lake Köycegiz Pilot Project: Scientific & Technical Research Council of Turkey, Project No. YDABÇAG-201, 1995-1995,
• Environmental Isotope Study of Lake Köycegiz, SW Turkey. HÜ-IAEA Research Contract No. :RB-7997, 1994-1997, Part of Co-Ordinated Research Programme: Isotope Techniques in Lake Dynamics Investigations, 1994-1997,
• Environmental Isotopic Investigation of the Gökova and Iskele springs, Hacettepe University Research Fund, Project no: 95.01.010.006.
• Modelling The Dynamics Of The Long-Term Isotopic And Hydrochemical Changes In Central Anatolia (Turkey), HÜ-IAEA Research Contract No. :10804/R0, Part of Co-Ordinated Research Programme: Isotope Response To Dynamic Changes In Groundwater Systems Due To Long-Term Exploitation, (1999-2005)

Publications

Research Papers & Proceedings

• Ekmekçi,M. and Kurttas, T., 1993, Evaluation of Hydrochemical Studies in Aksu River Basin from the standpoint of water Pollution, Symposium for the 25th Anniversary of Earth Sciences at Hacettepe University, November, 15-17 1993, Ankara, Turkey (abstract only).
• Ekmekçi, M., and Kurttas, T., 1994, Comparison of Hydrochemical Properties of Four Karst Basins in Southern Turkey, Int. Syp. on Changing Karst Environments: Hydrogeology, Geomorphology and Conservation, 13-23 September 1994, Huddersfield-Oxford, England,. ISSN 0263-760X
• Ekmekci, M. and Kurttas, T. , 1994, Monitoring and Evaluation of Hydrogeochemical changes in the Köprüçay River Basin, Southern Turkey, Cave and Karst Sciences, Conference Abstracts, 21(1), 10, 1994.  ISSN 0263-760X
• Bayari^ı, C.S., Kurttas, T., 1995, Geochemistry of Regional Groundwater Flow in Aladag Karstic Aquifer, Eastern Taurids-Turkey. Effect of Flow Conditions, Turkish J. Earth. Sci., vol.4., p. 29-37
• Günay, G., El-Bedewy, F., Ekmekçi, M., Bayari, S., and Kurttas, T., 1997, Cave Sannur: A Crescent Shaped Cave Developed in Alabastar, Eastern Desert, Egypt,; Proceedings 5th International Symposium and Field Seminar on Karst Waters and Environmental Impacts, Antalya, Turkey, 10-20 September 1995, (Eds: G. Günay and A. I. Johnson), Balkema Publ.,  Rotterdam, pp. 257-263
• Bayari, C.S., Kurttas, T., 1997, Algae: An Important Agent in Deposition of Karstic Travertines: Observations on Yerköprü Travertines, Aladaglar, Eastern Taurids-Turkey; Proceedings 5th International Symposium and Field Seminar on Karst Waters and Environmental Impacts, Antalya, Turkey, 10-20 September 1995, (Eds: G. Günay and A. I. Johnson), Balkema Publ.,  Rotterdam, pp. 269-280
• Kurttas, T., Günay, G. ve Gemalmaz, A., 1997, Determination of Submarine springs by using Remote Sensing Techniques, III. Seminar on Remote Sensing Techniques and Applications in Turkey, Bursa, 16-18 May 1997, pp. VIII-42-53.
• Bayarı, C. S., Kurttaş, T. ve Tezcan L., 1998, Density Driven mixing Dynamics of Lake Köyceğiz, SW Turkey, American Geophysical Union 1998 Spring Meeting, May 26-29, 1998, OS21A-19 (poster).
• Kurttas, T. and Bayari, S.,1999, Salinization effect of Seawater Fluctuations on coastal springs; Example of Gökova Karstic Springs, Bulletin of Earth Sciences Application and Research Center of Hacettepe University, n21, pp.185-200.
• Kurttas, T., Bayari, C. S. ve Günay, G., 1999 Long-term observations on the seawater contribution rate in the Gökova Plain Karstic Springs (SW Turkey) as revealed from  oxygen-18, chloride and ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr data, IAEA, Final Project Coordinating Meeting, Isotope Hydrology Techniques in Water Resources Management (RAW/8/002), Damascus, Syria, 21-25 February
• Kurttas, T., Bayari, C. S. ve Tezcan, L., 1999, Determination of Sea Water Intrusion Rate and Possible Aquifer Rocks by Means of Hydrochemical and Isotopic (¹⁸O, D, T AND ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) Techniques (Gökova Karstic Springs, SW Turkey), International Symposium on Isotope Techniques in Water Resources Development and Management, Vienna, Austria, 10-14 May 1999, Book of Extended Synopses, IAEA-SM-361/76P, pp.247-248 (poster)
• Bayari, C. S., Kurttas, T.,  ve Tezcan, L., 1999 Investigation of Dynamics in a Meromictic Lake (Lake Köycegiz, SW Turkey): Stable Isotopes and Hydrochemistry, International Symposium on Isotope Techniques in Water Resources Development and Management, Vienna, Austria, 10-14 May 1999, Book of Extended Synopses, IAEA-SM-361/24P, pp.150-151 (poster)
• Kurttas, T., Günay, G., ve Gemalmaz, A., 2000, Karst Hydrogeology of Gökova, Guide Book of International Symposium and Field Seminar on Present State & and Future Trends of Karst Studies, (ed. G. Günay), International Research and Application Center for Karst Water Resources, Ankara, pp 22-35
• Kurttas, T., Bayari, C. S. ve Tezcan L., 2000, Determination of Gökova Karstic Springs’ discharge into the sea: Hydrologic Budget, Remote Sensing and Mixing-cells Model, Earthsciences and Mining Congress of 75^th Anniversary of Turkish Republic, Ankara, 2-6 November 1998, vol II, pp.531-556
• Bayari, C. S., Kurttas, T. ve Tezcan L., 2000, Dynamics of Lake Köycegiz: Environmental Isotopes and 3D In-situ Density Measurements, Earthsciences and Mining Congress of 75^th Anniversary of Turkish Republic, Ankara, 2-6 November 1998, vol II, pp.515-530
• Kurttas, T., 2000, Environmental Isotope Hydrology, Seminar on Geotechnic and Groundwater,  General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works, 18-22 September 2000, Gümüldür, Izmir, pp. 135-144
• Bayari, C.S., Kurttas, T., and  L., Tezcan , 2001. “Dynamics of Lake Köycegiz, SW Turkey: An Environmental Isotopic and Hydrochemical Study”, Proceedings of the final co-ordinated meeting of a Co-ordinated Research project “Use of Isotope Techniques in Lake Dynamics Investigations”, Rehovot, Israel, 10-13 March 1997, IAEA Technical Documents, no. 1206, pp. 73-96, Vienna, Austria
• Kurttas, T., Tezcan, L., Bayari, C. S., Meriç, B.T., Dogdu, M.S., Atilla, Ö.A., Dogdu, N. and Akan B., 2001 Modelling the Dynamics of the Long-Term Isotopic and Hydrochemical Changes in Central Anatolia (Turkey),HÜ- IAEA Research Contract no. 10804/R0, Progress Report no. 1, Hacettepe University, Geological Engineering Department, Ankara, 28p.
• Kurttas, T., Tezcan, L., Bayari, C. S., Meriç, B.T., Dogdu, M.S., Atilla, Ö.A., Dogdu, N. and Akan B., 2001 Modelling the Dynamics of the Long-Term Isotopic and Hydrochemical Changes in Central Anatolia (Turkey),HÜ- IAEA Research Contract no. 10804/R0, Progress Report no. 2, Hacettepe University, Geological Engineering Department, Ankara, 17p.
• Kurttas, T., 2002, Karişim Sularinda Kökensel Katkilarin Belirlenmesi (Estimation of the Contribution of the Water Sources in the Mixed Waters), Hidrolojide İzotop Tekniklerinin Kullanilmasi Sempozyumu (Proceedings of the Symposium on Using Isotope Techniques in Hydrology), State Hyraulic Works, 21-25 October 2002, Adana, pp. 297-312
• Bayari, S. and Kurttas, T.,  2002, Coastal and submarine karstic discharges in the Gokova Bay, SW Turkey, Quaterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 2002, v35, n4: pp.381-390
• Kurttas, T. and L. Tezcan, 2005, Isotope hydrology of Nemrut Caldera, 2^nd Seminar on Isotope Techniques in Hydrology,  General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works, 26-30 September 2005, Gümüldür, Izmir (Oral Presentation)
• Ekmekçi, M., Tezcan, L., Kurttaş, T., Açıkel, S. and S.Yüzereroğlu, 2008. “Hydrochemical and Isotopic Assesment of Sea Water Mixing in Gökova (Muğla) Coastal Karstic Springs”, Proceedings of III. National Symposium Of Isotope Techniques In Hydrology, 13-17 October 2008, İstanbul / TURKEY, pp. 294-306
• Ekmekci, M., Tezcan, L., Dorfliger, N., Bakalowicz, M., Kurttaş, T., Jouvencel, B., Atilla- Tezcan, O., Yüzereroglu, S., 2009. Brackish coastal and submarine springs: alternative water resources for water scarcity in Gökova area, Turkey. Proc. of Workshop on Environment and Resources. Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia, İzmir, Turkey (25–27 September 2009).
• Acikel, S., Ekmekci, M., Tezcan,L., Kurttas, T. and D. Ozbek 2011, Conceptualization of a Brackish Coastal Karst System: Implications For Resilience of a Groundwater Dependent Wetland, European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011 Vienna, Austria, 03 – 08 April 2011. HS10.1/GM8.1, Wed, 06 Apr 2011, 08:00 - Wed, 06 Apr 2011, 19:30, Hall A, A393
• Kurttas, Türker, 2014,  “Understanding Origin of Salinization in Coastal Groundwater Systems by Isotope Techniques”, Workshop on Sharing Experiences in Karst Water Resources in the Middle East, 27-29 May 2014, Ankara, Turkey (Abstract only)
• Kurttas, T. and L. Tezcan, 2018, Nemrut Kaldera Göllerinin Su Kaynakları Potansiyeli (Water Resources Potential of Nemrut Caldera Lakes), Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergis, (Süleyman Demirel University, Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences), Volume 22, Issue 2, pages 823-831, DOI: 10.19113/sdufbed.93985. Retrieved from http://dergipark.gov.tr/sdufenbed/ issue/38975/456401
• Arslan, Emine and T. Kurttaş, 2018, Floods and Quality Problems in Transboundary Water, Maritsa River, National Symposium on Hydrogeology and Water Resources, 27-29 September, Ankara Proceedings of National Symposium on Hydrogeology and Water Resources, 27-29 September 2018, Ankara, pp. 325-332
• Yurteri C. and T. Kurttaş, 2021, Su Kütlelerinde Yüzey Sıcaklığının Çok Bantlı Landsat Uydu Görüntüleri Yardımıyla Belirlenmesi: Seyfe Gölü Örneği  (Determination of Surface Temperature in Water Bodies with the Use of Multi-Band Landsat Satellite Images: Case Study of Seyfe Lake), Uluslararası Çevrimiçi Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Konferansı IOCENS 21 Sempozyumu 5-7 Temmuz 2021, Abstract Book, p.159, http://iocens21.gumushane.edu.tr/tr/bildiri-kitapcigi/bildiri-ozet-kitapcigi/
• Yurteri C., Karadavut, A. E. and T. Kurttaş, 2021,Yarışlı Gölü (Burdur) Yüzey Alanı Değişiminin Çok Zamanlı Landsat Uydu Görüntüleri Kullanılarak Saptanması (Determining Changes in the Surface Area of the Yarışlı Lake (Burdur) Using Multi-Time  Landsat Satellite Images), Uluslararası Çevrimiçi Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Konferansı IOCENS 21 Sempozyumu 5-7 Temmuz 2021, Abstract Book, p.160, http://iocens21.gumushane.edu.tr/tr/bildiri-kitapcigi/bildiri-ozet-kitapcigi/
• Yurteri C. and T. Kurttaş, 2021, An Estimation of the Hydrologic Water Budget Components of the Seyfe Lake Basin By Using Hydrologic Characteristics and Hydrometeorological Data, International Conferences on Science and Technology; Engineering Science and Technology (ICONST–EST–2021),5-10-09-2021 Budva, Montenegro (Abstract), http://www.iconst.org/
• Yurteri, Cansu & Kurttas, Turker. (2021). Uzaktan algılama ve CBS teknikleri kullanılarak Seyfe Gölü (Kırşehir) yüzey alanının zamansal değişiminin analizi (Analysis of temporal changes on the surface area of the Seyfe Lake (Kırşehir) using remote sensing and GIS techniques), Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi. 10.17714/gumusfenbil.848873, V 11, n 4, pp.1115-1118

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