The Coupling of the Numerical Heat Transfer Model of the Pauzhetka Hydrothermal System (Kamchatka, USSR) with Hydroisotopic Data

The application of the two-dimensional numerical heat-transfer model to the Pauzhetka hydrothermal system allowed us to establish that: (1) a shallow magma body with the anomalous temperature of 700-1000 C and with a volume of 20-30 km{sup 3} may be a heat source for the formation of the Pauzhetka h...

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Main Authors: Kiryukhin, A.V., Sugrobov, V.M.
Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Institute of Volcanology, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 6830006, USSR 1986
Subjects:
Heat Transfer
02 Petroleum
Testing
Ground Water
Feeding
Rivers
Magma
Heat Sources
Reservoir Engineering
15 Geothermal Energy
Hydrothermal Systems
Water Geothermal Legacy
Kamchatka
Geothermal Legacy
Pauzhetka
Online Access:http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc875187/
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Summary:The application of the two-dimensional numerical heat-transfer model to the Pauzhetka hydrothermal system allowed us to establish that: (1) a shallow magma body with the anomalous temperature of 700-1000 C and with a volume of 20-30 km{sup 3} may be a heat source for the formation of the Pauzhetka hydrothermal system. (2) The water feeding source of the Pauzhetka hydrothermal system may be meteoric waters which are infiltrated at an average rate of 5-10 kg/s {center_dot} km{sup 2}. The coupling of the numerical heat-transfer model with hydroisotopic data (D,T,{sup 18}O) obtained from the results of testing of exploitation wells, rivers and springs is the basis to understand more clearly the position of recharge areas and the structure of water flows in the hydrothermal system.

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