Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to Second Edition
- Preface to First Edition
- A Note About Software
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Modeling Overview
- PART I EQUILIBRIUM IN NATURAL WATERS
- PART II REACTION PROCESSES
- PART III APPLIED REACTION MODELING
- 26 Hydrothermal Fluids
- 27 Geothermometry
- 28 Evaporation
- 29 Sediment Diagenesis
- 30 Kinetics ofWater–Rock Interaction
- 31 Weathering
- 32 Oxidation and Reduction
- 33 Waste InjectionWells
- 34 Petroleum Reservoirs
- 35 Acid Drainage
- 36 Contamination and Remediation
- 37 Microbial Communities
- Appendix A Sources of Modeling Software
- Appendix B Evaluating the HMW Activity Model
- Appendix C Minerals in the LLNL Database
- Appendix D Nonlinear Rate Laws
- References
- Index
26 - Hydrothermal Fluids
from PART III - APPLIED REACTION MODELING
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2021
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to Second Edition
- Preface to First Edition
- A Note About Software
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Modeling Overview
- PART I EQUILIBRIUM IN NATURAL WATERS
- PART II REACTION PROCESSES
- PART III APPLIED REACTION MODELING
- 26 Hydrothermal Fluids
- 27 Geothermometry
- 28 Evaporation
- 29 Sediment Diagenesis
- 30 Kinetics ofWater–Rock Interaction
- 31 Weathering
- 32 Oxidation and Reduction
- 33 Waste InjectionWells
- 34 Petroleum Reservoirs
- 35 Acid Drainage
- 36 Contamination and Remediation
- 37 Microbial Communities
- Appendix A Sources of Modeling Software
- Appendix B Evaluating the HMW Activity Model
- Appendix C Minerals in the LLNL Database
- Appendix D Nonlinear Rate Laws
- References
- Index
Summary
Hydrothermal fluids circulating in Earth’s crust, besides representing a resource of exploitable energy, are responsible for a number of phenomena of scientific and practical interest, including ore deposits, the biological communities surrounding hydrothermal vents near midocean ridges, and the existence of extremophilic microbial life. In this chapter, we examine how multicomponent chemical reaction modeling can be used to better understand the behavior of hydrothermal fluids. We specifically consider the origin of fluorite deposits, the mixing of hydrothermal fluids with ambient seawater at hydrothermal vents associated with black smokers, and the availability of chemical energy to chemolithotrophic life during this mixing process.
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- Geochemical and Biogeochemical Reaction Modeling , pp. 313 - 330Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022