Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30c...8b&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 3, pp. 8-1, CiteID 1108, DOI 10.1029/2002GL016176
Physics
Geophysics
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Marine Geology And Geophysics: Heat Flow (Benthic) And Hydrothermal Processes, Tectonophysics: Hydrothermal Systems (8424), Marine Geology And Geophysics: Midocean Ridge Processes
Scientific paper
To better understand natural two-phase hydrothermal systems, we have constructed one-dimensional heat-pipe solutions for NaCl-H2O fluids and explored the effects of basal heat flux and permeability on their behavior. For seafloor conditions, saline brines form quickly at the base of the heat pipe; and in some cases halite is precipitated. NaCl-H2O heat pipes may become liquid or vapor dominated but, in contrast to their pure-water counterparts, often do not achieve steady state. When steady state solutions do exist, they are characterized either by broad, weak counter-flow or by vigorous counter-flow across a thin layer. The latter behavior may be analogous to that occurring in the Salton Sea Geothermal System, California.
Bai Wuming
Lowell Robert P.
Xu Wenyue
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