A small geyser Tekuchy (Fluid) was located on the left bank of the Geysernaya River, opposite the Bolshaya Pechka geyser. A triangular griffin about 10 cm in size was located on a grassy slope, with dark green thermophilic algae growing around it. It was first described by the Sugrobovs in 1976. "The action of the Tekuchy geyser began with the outpouring and boiling of water, after 15 minutes there was a sharp transition to an eruption, which differed from the outpouring by its increased flow rate, and lasted 2 minutes. The full cycle of the geyser was 22-47 min." (Sugrobov et al., 2009). It was later described under the name Lafet (Carriage). "This geyser has 2 griffins. A strong stream of water flows out of one griffin during an eruption, and the other griffin (higher on the slope) actively hovers and sometimes splashes of water up to 30 cm in height. Three eruptions were recorded from the lower griffin at intervals of 11-23 min. The eruption continues for 2.5-4 min, simultaneously with a strong outpouring." (Bryan, 1991). In 2007, the geyser was first flooded, and in 2014 it was covered with mudflow deposits (Leonov, 2017).
References
Bryan S.T., Hobart J., Warnock B., Rinehart J.S., Fenimore M., Colvin B. The Geysers of 'The Valley of Geysers'. A special report of GOSA Transactions. USA, California: B&J Printing. 1991. 60 p.  Леонов А.В. Каталог гейзеров Кроноцкого заповедника. Долина гейзеров и кальдера вулкана Узон: история и современность. М.: Изд-во ООО «Реарт». 2017. 384 с. Сугробов В.М., Сугробова Н.Г., Карпов Г.А., Леонов В.Л. Жемчужина Камчатки – Долина Гейзеров / Отв. ред. Кононов В.И. 2004. 212 с. |
