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Deep Regional Fluid Pathways in an Extensional Setting: The Role of Transfer Zones in the Hot and Cold Degassing Areas of the Larderello Geothermal System (Northern Apennines, Italy)

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العنوان: Deep Regional Fluid Pathways in an Extensional Setting: The Role of Transfer Zones in the Hot and Cold Degassing Areas of the Larderello Geothermal System (Northern Apennines, Italy)
المؤلفون: Taussi, Marco, Nisi, Barbara, Brogi, Andrea, Liotta, Domenico, Zucchi, Martina, Venturi, Stefania, Cabassi, Jacopo, Boschi, Gabriele, Ciliberti, Marika, Vaselli, Orlando
المساهمون: Taussi, Marco, Nisi, Barbara, Brogi, Andrea, Liotta, Domenico, Zucchi, Martina, Venturi, Stefania, Cabassi, Jacopo, Boschi, Gabriele, Ciliberti, Marika, Vaselli, Orlando
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: Università degli Studi di Urbino: CINECA IRIS
مصطلحات موضوعية: • Extensive CO2 soil degassing measurements and carbon isotopic composition in the Larderello geothermal system were carried out • Hydrothermalized hot- and cold-degassing areas are controlled by structural setting • Regional transfer zones enhance the circulation of deep-seated geothermal fluids
الوصف: High-temperature geothermal areas are often characterized by widespread surficial manifestations, whose location is strictly controlled by sets of faults of regional relevance. The geochemical and isotopic signature of the discharged fluids can reveal key information on the geothermal fluids pathway, shedding light on the sources and fluid-rock interaction within the geothermal reservoirs. In this paper, a geochemical and structural data set from the Larderello geothermal area and surroundings is presented and discussed. We constrain the role of transfer and normal faults in controlling the geothermal circulation enhanced by a cooling magmatic intrusion underneath the Lago area (SW of Larderello). The structural control on the fluids circulation is highlighted by both the location of the CO2 emissions along the fault segments, where permeability is enhanced, and their degassing rates, which increase moving away from the core of the Larderello geothermal system. The main results unravel the presence of deep regional pathways along which endogenous fluids circulate before being discharged in the investigated areas. The peripheral zone emissions are affected by interaction with shallow aquifers and condensation processes whereas the CO2 emitted from the central areas, located near the core of the geothermal system, was accompanied by high amounts of steam, and suffers intense shallow fractionation processes. The latter areas emit medium-to-low normalized-CO2-degassing rates (<270 t d −1 km −2) when compared to the extremely high values occurring in the peripheral sectors (up to 1,300 t d −1 km −2) of the Larderello geothermal systems, possibly suggesting an incipient propagation of such a system, likely wider than previously thought.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: ELETTRONICO
اللغة: English
Relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:001000491900001; volume:24; issue:6; firstpage:1; lastpage:33; numberofpages:33; journal:GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS; https://hdl.handle.net/11576/2716494
DOI: 10.1029/2022GC010838
الاتاحة: https://hdl.handle.net/11576/2716494
https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010838
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GC010838
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.706755C2
قاعدة البيانات: BASE