PrefaceIn this thesis the thermo-hydraulic conditions of a seismically active zone have been investigated by means of surface and subsurface investigations, borehole studies and numerical modeling. European research activities in the Gulf of Corinth have been targeted for obtaining data on earthquake sources and fault mechanics and for investigating the role of faults on fluid flow in this seismically active area. In this context, the DFG funded a project aimed at the exploration of the thermo-hydraulic conditions in the area near Aigion and the southern graben shoulder of the northern Peloponnesus including the determination of surface heat flow in a 1000 m deep borehole, which is the scope of this work.First, due to a lack of geological information, a detailed investigation of the geological and tectonical situation was made. Secondly, the hydraulic parameters of the different lithological formations and of the hydraulic behavior of normal faults were determined.Based on the field studies, hydraulic testing, petrophysical well-log analysis, optical-fiber temperature sensing, and laboratory measurement of thermal conductivity, a hydrogeological conceptual model was prepared. This conceptual model formed the basis for a numerical 2-D model of the hydraulic conditions at regional scale at the southern Corinth graben shoulder. Different simulation scenarios were investigated to search for the best-fit model to known parameters.Coupled numerical modeling of groundwater flow and heat transport was then used to get insights in the processes that may be typical for the study area. In the case of the Corinth area, model calibration, as well as sensitivity and plausibility checks allow a prediction on how the thermo-hydraulic system in this seismically active zone is characterized and how the hydraulic conditions affect the heat flow. Surface heat-flow density was unknown in the northern Peloponnesus prior this study. Also unknown was whether the water flow in aquifers results in strong heat advection signals in the temperature field.The coupling of temperature and geothermal parameters to the calibrated hydraulic flow model has shown that some of the intervals are affected by heat advection due to fluid flow, affecting the temperature gradient and hence the heat flow. In a pure conduction heat regime the measured temperature of 32°C from 750 m depth would be increase to 37°C. At the lower model boundary of 1155 m depth the maximal temperature in the conductive 1-D temperature profile is 45°C which is approximately 4.5°C higher than in the coupled thermo-hydraulic flow model. The examination of coupled modeling runs has shown that conductive heat flow of the crust is about 55 mW/m². Finally, it is clear that the quality of input data is playing a major role for the best fitting of a numerical model. Otherwise it was also shown that sometimes generalization is necessary when general restrictions from the modeling software are required. Undoubtedly, the fault zones of the Gulf of Corinth are representing one case...