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Springs, streams, and gas vent on and near Mount Adams volcano, Washington

Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5097
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20135097

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Abstract

Springs and some streams on Mount Adams volcano have been sampled for chemistry and light stable isotopes of water. Spring temperatures are generally cooler than air temperatures from weather stations at the same elevation. Spring chemistry generally reflects weathering of volcanic rock from dissolved carbon dioxide. Water in some springs and streams has either dissolved hydrothermal minerals or has reacted with them to add sulfate to the water. Some samples appear to have obtained their sulfate from dissolution of gypsum while some probably involve reaction with sulfide minerals such as pyrite. Light stable isotope data for water from springs follow a local meteoric water line, and the variation of isotopes with elevation indicate that some springs have very local recharge and others have water from elevations a few hundred meters higher. No evidence was found for thermal or slightly thermal springs on Mount Adams. A sample from a seeping gas vent on Mount Adams was at ambient temperature, but the gas is similar to that found on other Cascade volcanoes. Helium isotopes are 4.4 times the value in air, indicating that there is a significant component of mantle helium. The lack of fumaroles on Mount Adams and the ambient temperature of the gas indicates that the gas is from a hydrothermal system that is no longer active.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Springs, streams, and gas vent on and near Mount Adams volcano, Washington
Series title Scientific Investigations Report
Series number 2013-5097
DOI 10.3133/sir20135097
Year Published 2013
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Volcano Science Center-Menlo Park
Description iv, 20 p.
Country United States
State Washington
Other Geospatial Mount Adams Volcano
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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