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SCIENTIFIC DRILLING OF THE MUTNOVSKY MAGMA-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM

SCIENTIFIC DRILLING OF THE MUTNOVSKY MAGMA-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM (KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA): TESTING THE MAGMA-HYDROTHERMAL CONNECTION. Alexey V. Kiryukhin 1 , J. Eichelberger and P. Izbekov 2 1 Institute of Volcanology, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

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SCIENTIFIC DRILLING OF THE MUTNOVSKY MAGMA-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM

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  1. SCIENTIFIC DRILLING OF THE MUTNOVSKY MAGMA-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM (KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA): TESTING THE MAGMA-HYDROTHERMAL CONNECTION Alexey V. Kiryukhin1, J. Eichelberger and P. Izbekov2 1 Institute of Volcanology, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 2 Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA D Steam discharge areas: AV– Active crater of Mutnovsky volcano, DP– Bottom Field of Mutnovsky volcano, NM– North Mutnovsky (West), D– Dachny; Hot water discharge areas: P– Piratovsky, VZ– Verkhne-Zhirovsky AV DP

  2. We propose to investigate the connection between a well-explored hydrothermal system and an adjacent highly active volcano. The site is selected because of its relative simplicity: A single fault is the geothermal production zone and appears to connect directly with the active magma column, which feeds 700oC fumaroles.

  3. Our concept, which is to be the subject of an international workshop, is to directionally drill into the fracture zone at a point intermediate between the active vent and the production field, in order to test the relationship between the two systems. The test will be conducted by comparing the chemical relationship of borehole fluid samples to the fumarolic and geothermal fluids, and by monitoring pressure and temperature in the borehole during excursions from steady state in the geothermal and volcanic systems.

  4. Mutnovsky Scientific Drilling Project will help to answer two important questions: (1) By drilling closer to active andesitic volcanic centers of subduction zone arcs, can we expect to encounter higher energy hydrothermal systems? (2) By increasing the rate of energy extraction from magma-driven hydrothermal systems to a rate comparable to the magmatic thermal input, can we expect to extend repose time and diminish the likelihood of hazardous eruption?

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