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Low Heat Flow in the Anhydros Basin, Aegean Sea, Recorded by Deep Subsurface Temperatures

Manga, Michael; Tominaga, Masako; Preine, Jonas; Ronge, Thomas A.; Beethe, Sarah; Hübscher, Christian; McIntosh, Iona; Nomikou, Paraskevi; Kutterolf, Steffen; Druitt, Tim; Bernard, Alexis; Berthod, Carole; Chen, Hehe; Clark, Acacia; DeBari, Susan; Fernandez‐Perez, Tatiana I.; Gertisser, Ralf; Johnston, Raymond M.; Jones, Christopher K.; Joshi, K. Batuk; Kletetschka, Günther; Koukousioura, Olga; McCanta, Molly; Morris, Antony; Pank, Katharina; Peccia, Ally; Polymenakou, Paraskevi N.; Woodhouse, Adam; Yamamoto, Yuzuru

Authors

Michael Manga

Masako Tominaga

Jonas Preine

Thomas A. Ronge

Sarah Beethe

Christian Hübscher

Iona McIntosh

Paraskevi Nomikou

Steffen Kutterolf

Tim Druitt

Alexis Bernard

Carole Berthod

Hehe Chen

Acacia Clark

Susan DeBari

Tatiana I. Fernandez‐Perez

Raymond M. Johnston

Christopher K. Jones

K. Batuk Joshi

Günther Kletetschka

Olga Koukousioura

Molly McCanta

Antony Morris

Katharina Pank

Ally Peccia

Paraskevi N. Polymenakou

Adam Woodhouse

Yuzuru Yamamoto



Abstract

Subseafloor in situ temperatures in a drilled hole in the Anhydros Basin, Aegean Sea, measured during International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 398, yielded a low heat flow (<0.023 W/m2) despite active magmatism and rifting in the region. The coldest and highest temperatures were 13.9°C at 52.5 m below seafloor (mbsf) and 15.5°C for the deepest measurement at 360.4 mbsf, respectively. Comparison of a heat transfer model with measurements suggests that sea bottom temperatures during the last glacial period were up to 10°C cooler than Holocene temperatures. The magnitude of Holocene warming co‐varies with the geothermal heat flow: if the former goes up the latter goes up. Low heat flow may arise from lateral removal of heat through deeper formations by gravity driven advection of fluids. Tectonic separation of the northwestern Anhydros Basin from the Christiana‐Santorini‐Kolumbo volcanic field may lead to minimal magmatic influences on heat flow.

Citation

Manga, M., Tominaga, M., Preine, J., Ronge, T. A., Beethe, S., Hübscher, C., McIntosh, I., Nomikou, P., Kutterolf, S., Druitt, T., Bernard, A., Berthod, C., Chen, H., Clark, A., DeBari, S., Fernandez‐Perez, T. I., Gertisser, R., Johnston, R. M., Jones, C. K., Joshi, K. B., …Yamamoto, Y. (2025). Low Heat Flow in the Anhydros Basin, Aegean Sea, Recorded by Deep Subsurface Temperatures. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(13), Article e2025GL115919. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025gl115919

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 21, 2025
Online Publication Date Jun 30, 2025
Publication Date Jul 16, 2025
Deposit Date Jul 7, 2025
Journal Geophysical Research Letters
Print ISSN 0094-8276
Electronic ISSN 1944-8007
Publisher American Geophysical Union
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 52
Issue 13
Article Number e2025GL115919
DOI https://doi.org/10.1029/2025gl115919
Keywords Santorini, Aegean, heat flow, climate change, Kolumbo volcano, arc volcanism
Public URL https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/1318674
Publisher URL https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL115919