Boiling and fluid mixing in the chlorite zone of the Larderello geothermal system

Chemical Geology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 237-256

  Ruggieri, Giovanni ^a   Cathelineau, Michel ^b   Boiron, Marie Christine ^b   Marignac, Christian ^b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Boiling; Chlorite zone; Fluid inclusions; Larderello geothermal system; Quartz

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MIXING;

ITALY; LARDARELLO; LAZIO;

EID: 0032835076     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00134-X     Document Type: Article

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