Title
Hydrogeochemistry of the Thermal Springs of Pojqpoquella and Phutina, Puno, Peru
Date Issued
06 December 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
IOP Publishing Ltd
Abstract
This paper deals with the results of a hydrogeochemical study of two thermal springs that originate from in very high altitudes in southwestern Peru with outflow temperatures of maximal 38,4 °C and flow rates of 1.08 - 2.02 l/s. Water samples from the Pojqpoquella and Phutina geothermal wells, were collected during the period between September 2018 and January 2019 in the main area of Puno. Chemical types of the thermal spring are Na+, Ca2+, Cl- and CO32- in Ayaviri and Putina. According to the Piper and Schoeller diagrams for the Pojqpoquella thermal spring water is classified as Na++ K+ (75 %) and Cl- (60 %) type water while that of the Phutina thermal spring is classified as Na++ K+ (76 %) and Cl- (72 %) type water. The electrical conductivity (EC) values for the Pojqpoquella and Phutina thermal spring waters is 2160 - 3142 μS/cm and 3160 - 3184 μS/cm, respectively, the thermal spring waters have a high electrical conductivity which shows that it has interacted with the host rock for a long time. The reservoir rocks of the Pojqpoquella thermal system consist of a red sandstones and conglomerate rocks while the reservoir rocks of the Phutina thermal system consist of a thick sequence of cretaceous rocks.
Volume
906
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias del medio ambiente
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85121435428
Source
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
ISSN of the container
17551307
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus