Routine instrumental procedures to characterise the mineralogy of modern and ancient silica sinters

Geothermics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-81

  Herdianita, N Rina ^a,b   Rodgers, Kerry A ^a,c   Browne, Patrick R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; DTA; New Zealand; Raman; Silica; Sinter; TGA; Wairakei; XRPD

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERALOGY; SILICA; SINTER;

NEW ZEALAND;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; POROSITY; SILICA; TEXTURES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

LASER RAMAN MICROPROBES; PALEOHYDROLOGY;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 0033622901     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(99)00054-1     Document Type: Article

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