Magmatic-like fluid source of the Chingshui geothermal field, NE Taiwan evidenced by carbonate clumped-isotope paleothermometry

作者：Lu Yi Chia; Song Sheng Rong; Wang Pei Ling; Wu Chung Che; Mii Horng Sheng; MacDonald John; Shen Chuan Chou; John Cedric M

来源：Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2017, 149: 124-133.

DOI：10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.03.004

• Chingshui geothermal field
• Clumped isotopes
• Calcite veins
• Magmatic fluid

The Chingshui geothermal field, a moderate-temperature and water-dominated hydrothermal system, was the site of the first geothermal power plant in Taiwan. Many geological, geophysical and geochemical studies using more than 21 drilled wells have been performed since the 1960s. However, there are still controversies regarding the heat and fluid sources due to the tectonically complicated geological setting. To clarify the heat and fluid sources, we analyzed clumped isotopes with carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions of calcite scaling in geothermal wells and veins on outcrops and calculated the 8180 values of the source fluids. Two populations of delta O-18 values were calculated: 5.8 +/- 0.8 parts per thousand VSMOW from scaling in the well and -4.0 +/- 1.6 parts per thousand to 10.0 +/- 1.39 parts per thousand VSMOW from outcropping calcite veins, indicative of meteoric and magmatic fluid sources, respectively. Meanwhile, two hydrothermal reservoirs at different depths have been identified by magnetotelluric (MT) imaging with micro-seismicity underneath this area. As a result, we propose a two-reservoir model: the shallow reservoir provides fluids from meteoric water for the scaling sampled from wells, whereas the deep reservoir provides magmatic fluids from deep marble decarbonization recorded in outcropping calcite veins.

• 出版日期2017-11