TABLE OF CONTENTS Purpose of the study Character of the spring and well waters in the hot-springs area Physical quality Conceptual model ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE 1. Geologic map of Hot Springs National Park and vicinity, Arkansas (omitted from the online edition) FIGURE 1. Map showing location of study area2. Map showing locations of the hot springs and hot-water collection lines 3. Graph showing temperatures and flows of the hot springs 4. Graph showing variation of dissolved-silica concentration with temperature 5. Graph showing maximum measured and calculated temperatures of the hot springs 6. Map showing locations of the cold springs and wells 711. Graphs showing: 7. Comparison of isotopic composition of the cold and hot springs, Arkansas, waters and of hydrothermal waters elsewhere 8. Relation between analyzed and calculated partial pressures of CO2 9. Relation of alkaline-earth concentration to dissolved-carbonate concentration 10. Relation between calcite saturation and PCO2 in the hot springs 11. Relation between adjusted carbon-14 age and total carbonate 12. Diagrammatic model of flow in the Bigfork Chert 13. Diagrammatic model of flow in the Arkansas Novaculite TABLES TABLE 1. Generalized section of sedimentary rocks in the vicinity of the hot springs2. Flows of the hot springs in group 1 in 1901 and 1931 3. Temperatures, in degrees Celsius, of the hot springs 4. Temperatures of the cold springs 5. Temperatures of water in the wells 6. Chemical analyses of water from the hot springs, cold springs, and wells 7. Station numbers of wells and springs given in table 6 8. Hydrogen- and oxygen-isotope concentration of waters in the hot-springs area 9. Carbon-isotope data for waters in the hot-springs area 10. Comparison of the Bigfork Chert modeled and observed data for the hot springs 11. Comparison of the Arkansas Novaculite modeled and observed data for the hot springs
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