Industrially induced changes in Earth structure at the geysers geothermal area, California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-137

  Foulger, G R ^a,b   Grant, C C ^a,b   Ross, A ^a,b   Julian, B R ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRICITY; FLUIDS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEISMIC WAVES; STEAM; TECTONICS;

EARTH STRUCTURE; INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION; STEAM RESERVOIR; TOMOGRAPHIC METHOD;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; STEAM EXTRACTION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, THE GEYSERS;

EID: 0030814726     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03152     Document Type: Article

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