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Overview

Cahit Helvacı is affiliated with Dokuz Eylül University in Turkey and focuses on research within the domain of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly contributions span various subfields, including Geophysics, Archeology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Artificial Intelligence, and Anthropology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, notably Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and Paleopathology and ancient diseases.

Among recent publications credited to Helvacı are:

  • Post-volcanic activities in the Early Miocene Kırka-Phrigian caldera, western Anatolia - caldera basin filling and borate mineralization processes, 2020, International Geology Review
  • Continuous presence of proto-cereals in Anatolia since 2.3 Ma, and their possible co-evolution with large herbivores and hominins, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Mineralogy, geochemistry, and genesis of lithium-bearing argillaceous sediments associated with the Neogene Bigadiç borate deposits, Balıkesir, western Anatolia, Türkiye, 2023, Applied Clay Science
  • Geochemistry of Miocene evaporites from the Aşkale region (Erzurum, Eastern Turkey): constraints for paleo-environment, 2020, Bulletin Of The Mineral Research and Exploration
  • Occurrence and genesis of hectorite and mixed-layer-illite/hectorite in argillaceous sediments interlayered with Neogene borate deposits, Emet, Türkiye, 2025, Applied Clay Science

Helvacı collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Valérie Andrieu-Ponel
  • P. Rochette
  • François Demory
  • Hülya Alçiçek
  • Nicolas Boulbes

The venues where Helvacı's work is often published include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Applied Clay Science
  • Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni / Geological Bulletin of Turkey
  • International Geology Review
  • Journal of Archaeological Science

Helvacı has been recognized by The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi, receiving an award related to the field of Geology.

Best Publications

  • FC-AFC-FCA and mixing modeler: A Microsoft® Excel© spreadsheet program for modeling geochemical differentiation of magma by crystal fractionation, crustal assimilation and mixing

    Yalçın Ersoy;Cahit Helvacı

  • Geochemical constraints for the origin of thermal waters from western Turkey

    Avner Vengosh;Cahit Helvacı;İsmail H. Karamanderesi

  • Stratigraphy, mineralogy, and genesis of the Bigadic borate deposits, western Turkey

    Cahit Helvaci

  • Magmatic Response to Slab Tearing: Constraints from the Afyon Alkaline Volcanic Complex, Western Turkey

    Dejan Prelević;Cüneyt Akal;Rolf L. Romer;Regina Mertz-Kraus

  • Sulphur, sulphate oxygen and strontium isotope composition of Cenozoic Turkish evaporites

    Martin R. Palmer;Cahit Helvací;Anthony E. Fallick

  • High arsenic and boron concentrations in groundwaters related to mining activity in the Bigadic borate deposits (Western Turkey)

    Ünsal Gemici;Gültekin Tarcan;Cahit Helvacı;A. Melis Somay

  • Presence and Distribution of Lithium in Borate Deposits and Some Recent Lake Waters of West-Central Turkey

    Cahit Helvaci;Hasan Mordogan;Mümtaz Çolak;Ibrahim Gündogan

  • Mantle source characteristics and melting models for the early-middle Miocene mafic volcanism in Western Anatolia: Implications for enrichment processes of mantle lithosphere and origin of K-rich volcanism in post-collisional settings

    E. Yalçın Ersoy;Cahit Helvacı;Martin R. Palmer

  • Evidence for two episodes of volcanism in the Bigadiç borate basin and tectonic implications for western Turkey

    Fuat Erkül;Cahi̇t Helvaci;Hasan Sözbi̇li̇r

  • Geochemistry and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of Miocene volcanic rocks from the Karaburun Peninsula: Implications for amphibole-bearing lithospheric mantle source, Western Anatolia

    Cahit Helvacı;E. Yalçın Ersoy;Hasan Sözbilir;Fuat Erkül

  • A geochemical approach to Neogene–Quaternary volcanic activity of western Anatolia: An example of episodic bimodal volcanism within the Selendi Basin, Turkey

    Y. Ersoy;C. Helvacı;H. Sözbilir;F. Erkül

  • Tectono-stratigraphy of the Neogene basins in Western Turkey: Implications for tectonic evolution of the Aegean Extended Region

    Emrah Ersoy;I. Cemen;C. Helvaci;Z. Billor

  • The boron isotope geochemistry of the neogene borate deposits of western Turkey

    M.R. Palmer;C. Helvaci

  • Sedimentology and diagenesis of Miocene colemanite-ulexite deposits (western Anatolia, Turkey)

    Cahit Helvaci;Federico Orti

  • Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the NE–SW-trending superimposed Selendi basin: Implications for late Cenozoic crustal extension in Western Anatolia, Turkey

    Yalçın E. Ersoy;Cahit Helvacı;Hasan Sözbilir

  • Petrogenesis of the Neogene volcanic units in the NE–SW-trending basins in western Anatolia, Turkey

    Yalçın E. Ersoy;Cahit Helvacı;Martin R. Palmer

  • Petrogenesis and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the volcanic rocks of the Uşak-Güre basin, western Türkiye

    Özgür Karaoğlu;Cahit Helvacı;Yalçın Ersoy

  • Stratigraphic, structural and geochemical features of the NE–SW trending Neogene volcano-sedimentary basins in western Anatolia: Implications for associations of supra-detachment and transtensional strike-slip basin formation in extensional tectonic setting

    Yalçın E. Ersoy;Cahit Helvacı;Martin R. Palmer

  • Occurrence of rare borate minerals: Veatchite-A, tunellite, teruggite and cahnite in the Emet borate deposits, Turkey

    C. Helvacı

  • The boron isotope geochemistry of the Kirka borate deposit, western Turkey

    M.R. Palmer;C. Helvaci

  • Sodium sulphate deposits of Neogene age: the Kirmir Formation, Beypazari Basin, Turkey

    Federico Ortı́;Ibrahim Gündogan;Cahit Helvaci

Frequent Co-Authors

Sébastien Nomade
Sébastien Nomade Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Martin R. Palmer
Martin R. Palmer University of Southampton
Hasan Sözbilir
Hasan Sözbilir Dokuz Eylül University
Ioan Seghedi
Ioan Seghedi Romanian Academy
Pierre Rochette
Pierre Rochette Aix-Marseille University
Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Muharrem Satir
Muharrem Satir University of Tübingen
Osman Parlak
Osman Parlak Cukurova University
Tuncay Taymaz
Tuncay Taymaz Istanbul Technical University
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University

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