Chemical Analyses of Waters from Crater Lake, Oregon 1987

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Figure 2. Chloride concentrations (mg/L) in spring waters from the Crater Lake area.

 

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Figure 3. Values for deuterium versus oxygen 18 isotopes for Crater Lake (average of 1983 values) and Diamond Lake and nearby cold springs. Springs above the elevation of the surface of Crater Lake shown as triangles; springs below the surface elevation shown as squares. Crater Spring shown by filled square. Meteoric water line is &D = 8 6j18 + 12 0/oo, which has a slightly different intercept than the meteoric water line of Craig (1961). The evaporation trend line has a slope of 5, which is similar to results for other lakes (Craig, 1961).

 

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Figure 4. Deuterium versus chloride concentration for Crater Lake (average of 1983 values) and nearby cold springs. Springs above the elevation of the surface of Crater Lake shown as triangles; springs below the surface elevation shown as squares. Crater Spring shown by filled square. Lines shown are for mixing Crater Lake water with the available range of deuterium isotopes in cold-spring waters.