Galway’s Soufriere Degassing,

blocked by Andesitic Dome

mineralisation, Vapor transport may

Silicified zone isolates

causes
pressurisation in ! cause mineral
sealing within the
Tar River Soufriere
fluid flow outside the the edifice
! dome and edifice.

A crater
0
!
B
KEY:
Steam Heated Hydrothermal Fluid Movement
Shallow Reservoir
Magmatic Fluid Movement

1
Vapor transport
High permeability,
Depth (Km)

fracture network
penetrates to depth
and feeds Galway’s Thermal gradient (hot to cold)
Soufriere

Silicified zone

2
Deep Circulating Reservoir High permeability zone
Approx 250 C
Vapor transport mineralisation

Strain due to vapor pressure

!
5
Inferred water table
Magmatic Source