Thermal Model of the Low Enthalpy Rio Valdez Geothermal Field, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

Abstract

The Grande. in Tierra Del Fuego is located in the southernmost tip of South America. A low enthalpy thermal center is placed in its northern part, approximately at a longitude of and a latitude of The main characteristics of the area will be discussed in this paper since it has been discovered recently and it has been not been mentioned in the international literature so far. These shows compromise hot springs and gaseous emanations distributed in thirsteen springs structurally controlled. The uprising of the fluids towards the surface is originated in the interception of transtensive structures that tear the main external front of the Fueguina thermal water originated as meteoric water, become an homogeneous group with a residence time than 20 years, they are bicarbonate zodiac with a ph between 7.8 and 8.2 and conductivity values from 631 to with a caudal of 65,200 The existence of a reservoir model following the intersection of structures joints and fractures within the metamorphic rocks where the fluids are accumulated at temperatures between 88