Chemical balance for major elements in water in Crater Lake, Oregon
Nathenson M. 1990. Chemical balance for major elements in water in Crater Lake, Oregon. Pages 103-114. In Drake ET, Larson GL, Dymond J, Collier R (ed): Crater Lake: An ecosystem study. Corvallis, Oregon. June 18-22, 1988. San Francisco. 69th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division/American Association for the Advancement of Science
"Crater Lake, Oregon, contains anomalous amounts of dissolved constituents compared to what would be expected from evaporative concentration of the available water supply. Using published data for dissolved constituents collected since 1912, it is shown that the lake is presently in approximately stead state including a source term for each constituent. In addition, a significant amount of silica is consumed by diatoms that fall to the lake floor. The resulting values for the inflow of chemicals can be converted to an equivalent flow of water with dissolved constituents. Geothermometer temperatures calculated for this inflow can be used to calculate thermal power. The thermal power of the inflow is easily able to supply the thermal energy needed to supply the estimated convective heat flow into the lake. The input of dissolved constituents could be from a small flow of water with a high temperature and high concentration of dissolved solids, reflecting the existence of a current hydrothermal system; or from a high flow of water with a low temperature and low concentrations of dissolved solids."
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Nathenson, M
- Units
- CRLA
- Keywords
- Aquatic Sciences, Chemical Analysis, chemical balance, Chemical Composition, Chemical process, Chemistry, Geochemistry, Water Balance, Water Chemistry, Water Quality