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Table 3 Mean in situ temperatures for Villarrica springs and laboratory experiments calculated by a suite of classical solute geothermometers, multicomponent geothermometry and pH/aluminum-corrected multicomponent geothermometry

From: Assessment of performance and parameter sensitivity of multicomponent geothermometry applied to a medium enthalpy geothermal system

Spring

Classical solute geothermometers

Multicomponent geothermometer

Corrected multicomponent geothermometer

Mean T [°C]

ΔT [K]

Mean T [°C]

ΔT [K]

Mean T [°C]

ΔT [K]

Caranco

100

(−69/+99)

77

(−20/+12)

102

(−5/+5)

Chihuio

117

(−82/+112)

69

(−23/+19)

108

(−10/+6)

Liquine

124

(−45/+51)

87

(−23/+11)

112

(−4/+8)

Liucura

103

(−84/+83)

89

(−19/+9)

117

(−10/+12)

Los Pozones

102

(−46/+61)

84

(−19/+15)

100

(−11/+7)

Menetue

108

(−66/+75)

71

(−18/+35)

119

(−11/+12)

Palguin

108

(−46/+61)

85

(−6/+24)

113

(−12/+9)

Panqui

101

(−34/+79)

77

(−17/+16)

96

(−13/+5)

Rincon

128

(−69/+75)

108

(−20/+19)

138

(−11/+13)

Rinconada

147

(−40/+118)

128

(−32/+23)

179

(−8/+14)

San Luis

81

(−30/+60)

61

(−13/+37)

117

(−17/+7)

Trancura

80

(−27/+59)

61

(−13/+37)

108

(−14/+10)

Andesite exp.

134

(−52/+83)

123

(−8/+16)

128

(−9/+10)

Tonalite exp.

212

(−129/+123)

135

(−19/+10)

135

(−19/+10)