Normal fault thermal regimes: Conductive and hydrothermal heat transfer surrounding the Wasatch fault, Utah

Tectonophysics

Volumn 312, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 217-234

  Ehlers, Todd A ^a   Chapman, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive; Heat flow; Hot spring; Hydrothermal; Normal fault; Numerical model; Wasatch

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; GEYSER; NORMAL FAULT; THERMAL REGIME;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033527835     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00203-6     Document Type: Article

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