Deep hydrothermal circulation in a granite intrusion beneath Larderello geothermal area (Italy): Constraints from mineralogy, fluid inclusions and stable isotopes

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 243-262

  Boyce, A J ^a   Fulignati, P ^b   Sbrana, A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Geothermics, hydrothermal alteration; Larderello; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GRANITE; ISOTOPES; QUARTZ;

FLUID INCLUSION;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

FLUID INCLUSION; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ITALY; LARDERELLO; TUSCANY;

EID: 0042074569     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00150-1     Document Type: Article

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