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Table 3 Geothermometer calculations for KA-1 (all values in °C)

From: Effect of an 860-m thick, cold, freshwater aquifer on geothermal potential along the axis of the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho

Sample	Chalcedony^a	Quartz^a	Na/K^b	Na/K^c	Na–K–Ca^d	Na–K–Ca–Mg^e	K^b/Mg^c
KA-1	141	164	143	163	139	125	80.2

^aFournier (1977)
^bFournier (1979)
^cGiggenbach (1988)
^dFournier and Truesdell (1973)
^eFournier and Potter (1979)

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