Soda Creek springs - metamorphic waters in the eastern Alaska Range
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Abstract
The Soda Creek springs are a group of small, cold mineral springs on the southern flank of the eastern Alaska Range. The spring waters contain anomalous concentrations of carbon dioxide, sodium, chlorine, sulfate, boron, and ammonia and are actively precipitating deposits of calcite and aragonite. Sparingly present in these deposits are mixed-layer illite-montmorillonite clays and zeolite minerals. Low-temperature
metamorphic reactions in subjacent marine sedimentary rocks of Jurassic and Cretaceous age may have produced the fluids and silicate minerals. With only a few exceptions, cool bicarbonate-rich springs in Alaska are concentrated south of the Denali fault system in south-central Alaska, southeastern Alaska, and along the Kaltag-Tintina fault system. These areas are characterized by active or recently active
tectonism, major faults and folds, and an abundance of marine sedimentary rocks.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Soda Creek springs - metamorphic waters in the eastern Alaska Range |
| Series title | Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Year Published | 1973 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 523 |
| Last page | 528 |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Alaska |
| Other Geospatial | Soda Creek springs |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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