The Geothermal Resource in the Guanacaste Region (Costa Rica): New Hints From the Geochemistry of Naturally Discharging Fluids

The Geothermal Resource in the Guanacaste Region (Costa Rica): New Hints From the Geochemistry of Naturally Discharging Fluids

The Guanacaste Geothermal Province (GGP) encompasses the three major volcanoes of northern Costa Rica, namely from NW to SE: Rincón de la Vieja, Miravalles, and Tenorio. The dominant occurrence of (i) SO4-rich acidic fluids at Rincón de la Vieja, (ii) Cl-rich mature fluids at Miravalles, and (iii) H...

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Main Authors: Franco Tassi, Orlando Vaselli, Giulio Bini, Francesco Capecchiacci, J. Maarten de Moor, Giovannella Pecoraino, Stefania Venturi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
geothermal prospection
gas geothermometry
fluid geochemistry
fluid reservoir
Guanacaste province
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2018.00069/full

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