1 INTRODUCTION
Borateras is located inside the Maure basin close to
the Maure river, in the Western Cordillera of the
Andes in southern Peru, at an altitude of 4300 masl
in the Tacna Region (Fig.
1), and has a cold and dry
weather, with strong...
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1 INTRODUCTION
Borateras is located inside the Maure basin close to
the Maure river, in the Western Cordillera of the
Andes in southern Peru, at an altitude of 4300 masl
in the Tacna Region (Fig.
1), and has a cold and dry
weather, with strong sunshine during the day and
slow temperatures at nights.
There is sparse vegetation, and arid and stony soils can be observed around
the entire zone.
The most representative species are
Polypelis and Azorella compacta, commonly called
Queñuales and Yareta, respectively.
Figure 1: Localization map of the thermal waters in Borateras.
The zone is characterized by the presence of a
considerable number of geothermal manifestations
such as hot springs, boiling springs and mud pools.
In October 2007, we carried out a study of the geothermal manifestations with geochemical methods
for interpretation of their chemical and isotopic characteristics.
This work was carried out for West Japan Engineering Consultants INC (WEST JEC)
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