| Title | Geothermal Resources of the Chukchi Peninsula |
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| Authors | Polyak B.G., Lavrushin V.Yu., Cheshko A.L., Vakin E.A., Dubinina E.O. |
| Year | 2005 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | thermal waters, H-O-S-He isotopes, exploration, resources, Chukchi Peninsula |
| Abstract | Nine groups of mineral springs with temperature of discharged waters from 14 to 97 C were sampled by the authors in the July-September of 2002 in the eastern part of the Chukchi Peninsula. Besides temperature measurements, we refined the positions of each group by GPS, sampled them for chemical and isotopic analyses of water and gas phases including He isotopes, estimated "base" temperatures of thermal water by means of Si-, Na/K-, Na/Li-, Mg/Li- and Na-K-Ca-geothermometers, and evaluated their flow rates considering open and hidden discharge. Geothermal resources of each group were estimated and the possible ways of their use are considered. |