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Geothermal water is plentiful in Changbai Mountain region, northeastern China, due to the volcanic activities and widespread faults. For the exploration of geothermal resources, this study uses quartz and cation geothermometer to estimate the temperatures of the geothermal reservoir and uses the tubular models to evaluate the thermal gradient. The hydrogeochemical characteristics of the geothermal resources were also evaluated by hydrogeochemical analysis. The results showed that the geothermal reservoir temperatures of the four major thermal springs in Changbai Mountain region range from 72 to 169 °C. The average geothermal reservoir temperatures of Jinjiang hot springs, Changbai hot springs I, Xianrenqiao hot springs, and Changbai hot springs II are 129.25, 169, 89, and 73.67 °C, respectively. The geothermal gradient values of the four major thermal springs have different characteristics. The geothermal gradient values of Jinjiang hot springs and Changbai hot springs I are 4.6 and 3.1 °C/100 m, respectively. The geothermal gradient values of Xianrenqiao thermal springs and Changbai thermal springs II are both lower than 1.5 °C/100 m, with the values of 1.1 and 1.4 °C/100 m. And the geothermal gradients are influenced by Changbai Mountain Tianchi volcano. In addition, the water chemical analyses showed that the geothermal water types are HCO3-Na with higher concentrations of Na+, Cl−, SO4 2−, TDS, and HCO3 − than the non-thermal waters, which suggested a deep and long water cycle of the thermal water, and therefore a sufficient water-rock interaction.
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This work was financially supported by the major scientific and technological projects of Jilin Province (0773-1441GNJL00390), by Scientific Research Initiation funds for PhD scholars (BQ2017011); Scientific Research Projects of the Higher University in Hebei (ZD2014023); a Hebei Province Science and Technology Plan Project (15273630); Youth Foundation of Hebei Province Department (QN2017026).
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Yan, B., Qiu, S., Liu, Z. et al. Characteristics of the geothermal water in Changbai Mountain volcanic region, northeast of China. Arab J Geosci 10, 261 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-3039-4
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