Chemical geothermometry in geothermal systems |
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| Authors: | AJ Ellis |
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| Institution: | Chemistry Division, DSIR, Petone New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | The application of chemical and isotopic geothermometry to geothermal systems is reviewed, pointing out the uses and limitations of specific reactions in estimating deep temperatures from well, hot-spring and fumarole discharges.At present the most reliable indicators are: the silica-water equilibria; the Na/K ratio; the isotopic distributions Δ2H(H2“H2O), Δ2H(H2“CH4), Δ18O(H2O“HSO?4); and the gas reactions CO2 + 4H2 ? CH4 + 2H2O, and 2NH3 ? N2 + 3H2. Many other qualitative chemical indicators exist. |
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