Bárbara Ruiz

University of Chile · Departamento de Geología

Porcelana Geysers is the only place known in the world with a system of active travertine pinnacles that are currently precipitating, because of this they can be considered a singularity. Another reason is because they are the only geysers registered in Patagonia, located in Los Lagos District, Chile, specifically on the slopes of the Barranco Colo...

Porcelana Geysers are located on the slopes of Barranco Colorado volcano, southern Chile, and is characterized by having a lateral hydrothermal fluid transport and an important CO2 content, having high gas exsolution rates on the surface at temperatures above 80°C. But it does not seem to be enough to explain the genesis of columnar travertines mor...

Los Lagos District is considered to be an area of interest for geothermal development because of the presence of numerous volcanic complexes and thermal springs as well as two major tectonic features: the NNE-SSW dextral-reverse Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault System (LOFS) and the WNW-ESE sinistral Arc-Oblique Long-lived Faults System (ALFS). Two identified g...

Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault System (LOFS) and the Arc-Oblique Long-lived Faults System (ALFS) with a WNW-ESE trending and a mostly siniestral dynamic make the Los Lagos District an area of interest for geothermal development. There are two identified groups of hot springs which are formed according to their geological localizations. The first one correspon...

La información disponible acerca de las características de las manifestaciones termales existentes en la décima Región de Los Lagos, Chile, es escasa; sin embargo, los factores que hacen pensar en la Región de Los Lagos como una zona de interés para el desarrollo geotérmico son, básicamente, los numerosos centros volcánicos y aguas termales present...