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Bouillante Volcano | John Seach
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, Caribbean
16.12 N, 61.75 W
summit elevation ~600 m
Maars
Bouillante is a geothermal field on the west coast of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe.
The deep geothermal reservoir at Bouillante is a mixture of seawater and meteoric water. The diluted seawater becomes depleted in Mg, SO4, Na, and enriched in Si, K, and Ca through interaction with host rocks, mainly andesite, at temperatures close to 250 deg C.
Further reading
Lachassagne, P., Maréchal, J.C. and Sanjuan, B., 2009. Hydrogeological model of a high-energy geothermal field (Bouillante area, Guadeloupe, French West Indies). Hydrogeology Journal, 17(7), p.1589.
Gadalia, A., Gstalter, N. and Westercamp, D., 1988. La chaîne volcanique de Bouillante, Basse-Terre de Guadeloupe,(Petites Antilles). Identité pétrographique, volcanologique et géodynamique. Géologie de la France, 2, p.3.
Bouillante Volcano Eruptions
Eruptions in Pleistocene.