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V.—The Source of the Waters of Geysers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. Malcolm Maclaren
J. Malcolm Maclaren
Affiliation:
Geological Surrey of India, Calcutta.
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Professor Suess has somewhat recently stated his belief that the waters of all geysers and boiling ‘pulsating’ springs and of some mineral springs are of ‘hypogene’ or direct magmatic origin (Abstract Geog. Journ., vol. xx, p. 518). I am unfortunately unable in this backwater of science to verify the abstract by reference to the original (Gesell. Deutsch. Naturforscher und Aertze, 1902). With his belief, however, several prominent Continental and American geologists have expressed their concurrence, and some have indeed amplified the hypothesis to cover the origin of metalliferous deposits near igneous contacts. For example, W. H. Weed (Trans. Amer. Inst. M.E., vol. xxxiii, p. 746) says: —

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Geological Magazine , Volume 3 , Issue 11 , November 1906 , pp. 511 - 514
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1906

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