Hydrogeochemistry and Geothermometry of Thermal Springs from the Guelma region, Algeria
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Department of Applied Biology, University of Frères Mentouri-Constantine 1, Constantine 025000
Bouaicha Foued -
Department of Geology Sciences, University of Frères Mentouri-Constantine 1, Constantine 025000
Dib Hénia
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Laboratory of Applied Research in Hydraulics, University of Batna 2, 05000 Batna
Belkhiri Lazhar
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Department of Geology Sciences, University of Larbi Ben M'hidi – Oum El Boughi 04000
Manchar Nabil
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Department of Geology Sciences, University of Frères Mentouri-Constantine 1, Constantine 025000
Chabour Nabil
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-017-0703-yAbstract
This paper reports the results of our studies, the chemical analysis of thermal spring's waters and their geological settings, the use of different statistical methods to evaluate the origin of the dissolved constituents of spring waters and the estimation of the reservoir temperature of the associated geothermal fields of the Guelma region, Algeria. A major component in 13 spring water samples was analyzed using various techniques. The waters of the thermal springs at Guelma basin vary in temperature between 20 and 94°C. Q-mode hierarchical cluster analysis suggests three groups. The water springs were classified as low, moderate and high salinity. Mineral saturation indices (SI) calculated from major ions indicate the spring waters are supersaturated with the most of the carbonate minerals, and all of the spring water samples are under-saturated with evaporite minerals. The thermal spring waters have a meteoric origin, and all samples are immature with strong mixing between warm and shallow waters, where the temperatures of reservoirs to which the thermal waters are related ranged between 64° and 124°C. The deep circulation of meteoric waters in the study area is supplied by the high geothermal gradient around 4.5°C per 100 m and reaches a high temperature before rising to the surface. The estimated circulation depths ranged from 1425 and 3542 m.
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