THERMAL WATERS OF THE PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA1

The geology, tectonics and-hydrothermal regime of the-westernpart of the Crimea,peninsula are summarized. Exploratory wells drilled in the Novoselovsk and Saki platforni structures show two anticlines with a depression between. The rocks involved are Metamorphic products of limestone, clay, sandstone, and conglomerate, all overlain unconformably by a rather uniform sequence of Miocene clays. Faulted Neocomian rocks, overlying the Paleozoic basement, are the most productive of thermal waters relatively low in mineral content. The Crimean hydrothermal regime is compared to those of Grozhensk, Krasnodarsk and Azerbaicizhan. — A. Eustus