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AN: V42B-07 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: Isotopic Characteristics of Thermal Fluids from Mexican Subduction Zone
AU: * Taran, Y
EM: taran@geofisica.unam.mx
AF: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM, Av.Universidad 3000, Mexico, D.F 04510, Mexico
AU: Inguaggiato, S
EM: s.inguaggiato@pa.ingv.it
AF: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia-Sezione Palermo, Via Ugo la Malfa 153, Palermo, Sic 90146, Italy
AB: Chemical (major and trace elements) and isotopic (H,O,N,C,He) composition of waters and gases from thermal springs and geothermal wells of Mexican subduction zone have been measured. Three main geochemical profiles have been realized: (1) along the frontal Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB) zone through high- temperature Acoculco, Los Humeros, Los Azufres and La Primavera hydrothermal systems, Colima and Ceboruco volcanoes; (2) along the for-arc region of Pacific coast (12 groups of hot springs); (3) across the zone, from Pacific coast to TMVB, through the Jalisco Block. Fluids from El Chichon volcano in Chiapanecan arc system and Tacana volcano from the Central America Volcanic Arc have also been sampled. The frontal zone of TMVB is characterized by high 3He/4He ratios, from 7.2Ra in Ceboruco fumaroles to 7.6Ra in gases from Acoculco and Los Humeros calderas (Ra is atmospheric value of 1.4x10-6). These values are significantly higher than those published earlier in 80-s (up to 6.8Ra). Gases from coastal springs are low in 3He, usually < 1Ra with a minimum value of 0.2Ra in the northernmost submarine Punta Mita hot springs and a maximum value of 2.4Ra in La Tuna springs at the southern board of the Colima graben. An important feature of the TMVB thermal fluids is the absence of excess nitrogen in gases and, as a consequence, close to zero d15N values. In contrast, some coastal for-arc gases and gases from the Jalisco Block have high N2/Ar ratios and d15N up to +5 permil. Isotopic composition of carbon of CO2 along TMVB is close to typical "magmatic" values from -3 permil to -5 permil, but d13C of methane varies significantly indicating multiple sources of CH4 in geothermal fluids and a partial temperature control. High 3He/4He ratios and pure atmospheric nitrogen may indicate a low contribution of subducted sediments into the TMVB magmas and magmatic fluids. In contrast, El Chichon and Tacana fluids show some excess nitrogen (N2/Ar up to 500) and variable d15N, but quite different 3He/4He (up to 8.1Ra at El Chichon and <6.5Ra at Tacana). The data obtained are discussed in terms of the volatile budget of Mexican subduction zone and the local water-rock interaction.
DE: 1030 Geochemical cycles (0330)
DE: 1031 Subduction zone processes (3060, 3613, 8170, 8413)
DE: 1034 Hydrothermal systems (0450, 3017, 3616, 4832, 8135, 8424)
DE: 1041 Stable isotope geochemistry (0454, 4870)
DE: 8185 Volcanic arcs
SC: Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology [V]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly