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Changes in fluid geochemistry and physico-chemical conditions of geothermal systems caused by magmatic input: The recent abrupt outgassing off the island of Panarea (Aeolian Islands, Italy)

Author(s)
Caracausi, A.  
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia  
Ditta, M.  
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia  
Italiano, F.  
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia  
Longo, M.  
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia  
Nuccio, P. M.  
Dipartimento Chimica e Fisica della Terra ed Applicazioni, Via Archirafi 36, 90123 Palermo, Italy  
Paonita, A.  
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia  
Rizzo, A.  
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia  
Language
English
Status
Published
Peer review journal
Yes
Journal
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta  
Issue/vol(year)
12/69(2005)
Publisher
Elsevier
Pages (printed)
3045-3059
Date Issued
2005
DOI
10.1016/j.gca.2005.02.011
Alternative Location
http://www.sciencedirect.com/
URI
https://www.earth-prints.org/handle/2122/508
Subjects
04. Solid Earth::04.01. Earth Interior::04.01.02. Geological and geophysical evidences of deep processes  
04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.01. Gases  
04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.04. Thermodynamics  
04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring  
05. General::05.02. Data dissemination::05.02.01. Geochemical data  
Subjects

Submarine degassing

geothermal system

gas-water interaction...

gas geothermometry

Abstract
Hydrothermal systems and related vents can exhibit dramatic changes in their physico-chemical conditions over time as a response to varying activity in the feeding magmatic systems. Massive steam condensation and gas scrubbing processes of thermal fluids during their ascent and cooling cause further compositional changes that mask information regarding the conditions evolving at depth in the hydrothermal system. Here we propose a new stability diagram based on the CO2-CH4-CO-H2 concentrations in vapor, which aims at calculating the temperatures and pressures in hydrothermal reservoirs. To filter gas scrubbing effects, we have also developed a model for selective dissolution of CO2-H2S-N2-CH4-He-Ne mixtures in fresh and/or air-saturated seawater.
This methodology has been applied to the recent (November 2002) crisis that affected the geothermal field off the island of Panarea (Italy), where the fluid composition and fluxes have been monitored for the past two decades. The chemical and isotopic compositions of the gases suggest that the volatile elements originate from an active magma, which feeds a boiling saline solution having temperatures of up to 350 C and containing 12 mol CO2 in vapor. The thermal fluids undergo cooling and re-equilibration processes on account of gas-water-rock interactions during their ascent along fracture networks. Furthermore, steam condensation and
removal of acidic species, partial dissolution in cold air-saturated seawater and stripping of atmospheric components, affect the composition of the geothermal gases at shallow levels. The observed geochemical variations are consistent with a new input of magmatic fluids that perturbed the geothermal system and caused
the unrest event. The present-state evolution shows that this dramatic input of fluids is probably over, and that the system is now tending towards steady-state conditions on a time scale of months.
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