Abstract:
Geothermal activity is an important form of earth degassing, which is frequently accompanied by a large number of greenhouse gas emissions. Taking Mapamyum of non-volcanic geothermal region in Xizang as a study case, the authors evaluated the degassing flux of geothermal soil CO
2 based on the Fick's law of diffusion. The results indicate that the soil CO
2 degassing flux is from 0.167 to 0.771 kg /(m
2·a), while the fumarole CO
2 degassing flux is from 2.054 to 7.877 kg/(m
2·a) which is 18.9 times that of the soil; Compared with global volcanic soil (0.001 ~ 2.25 Mt/(km
2·a), the soil CO
2 degassing flux is significantly lower in value butlarger than the Alpine grassland ecosystem soil CO
2 emissions in the Xizang Plateau (187.46 g(m
2 a)
-1)). Combined with tectonic setting, the authors evidently hold that CO
2 in the geothermal system is mainly derived from magma degassing and hydrothermal fluid with walk rock alterations such as feldspathization. The low zone of soil CO
2 degassing flux is constrained by the poor permeability clastic sedimentary cover.