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Major and trace element geochemistry of neutral and acidic thermal springs at El Chichón volcano,Mexico: Implications for monitoring of the volcanic activity
Authors:Y. Taran  D. Rouwet  S. Inguaggiato  A. Aiuppa
Affiliation:1. Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM, México DF, Mexico;2. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Palermo, Palermo, Italy;3. University of Palermo, Italy
Abstract:Four groups of thermal springs with temperatures from 50 to 80 °C are located on the S–SW–W slopes of El Chichón volcano, a composite dome-tephra edifice, which exploded in 1982 with a 1 km wide, 160 m deep crater left. Very dynamic thermal activity inside the crater (variations in chemistry and migration of pools and fumaroles, drastic changes in the crater lake volume and chemistry) contrasts with the stable behavior of the flank hot springs during the time of observations (1974–2005). All known groups of hot springs are located on the contact of the basement and volcanic edifice, and only on the W–SW–S slopes of the volcano at almost same elevations 600–650 m asl and less than 3 km of direct distance from the crater. Three groups of near-neutral (pH ≈ 6) springs at SW–S slopes have the total thermal water outflow rate higher than 300 l/s and are similar in composition. The fourth and farthest group on the western slope discharges acidic (pH ≈ 2) saline (10 g/kg of Cl) water with a much lower outflow rate (< 10 l/s).
Keywords:volcano&ndash  hydrothermal system   crater lake   acidic water   trace elements   thermochemical modeling   El Chichó  n volcano
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