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Authors: Aiuppa, Alessandro* 
Carapezza, Maria Luisa* 
Parello, Francesco* 
Title: Fluid geochemistry of the San Vicente geothermal field (El Salvador).
Journal: Geothermics 
Series/Report no.: 1/26 (1997)
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.
Issue Date: 1997
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(96)00026-0
Keywords: geochemistry, thermal springs, fumaroles, San Vicente, El Salvador
Subject Classification04.08. Volcanology 
Abstract: The volcano Chichontepeque (San Vicente) is one of the nine recent volcanoes making up the El Salvador sector of the WNW-ESE-trending active Central American volcanic belt. Thermal activity is at present reduced to a few thermal springs and fumaroles. The most important manifestations (Agua Agria and Los Infernillos Ciegos) are boiling springs and fumaroles located on the northern slope of the volcano (850 m a.s.l.) along two radial faults. The chloride acid waters of the Los Infernillos area are partly fed by a deep hydrothermal aquifer (crossed at 1100–1300 m by a geothermal exploration well), which finds a preferential path to the surface through the radial fault system. C02 is the most important gas (>90%) of the Los Infernillos Ciegos and Agua Agria fumaroles. Part of the Los Infernillos gases may also come from a deeper, hotter source, given their high HCl/Stot. ratio and their more reducing conditions. The application of geothermometric and geobarometric methods to the gases and thermal waters suggests that both thermal areas are linked to the identified 1100–1300 m reservoir, whose temperature (250°C), lateral extension and chemical composition, as resulting from this study, are of interest for industrial development.
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