Open fissure mineralization at 2600 m depth in Long Valley Exploratory Well (California) - Insight into the history of the hydrothermal system

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 347-363

  Fischer, M ^a   Roller K ^a   Kuster M ^a   Stockhert B ^a   McConnell, V S ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Hydrothermal system; Long Valley Caldera; Open fissures; Quartz crystallization; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CRYSTALLIZATION; QUARTZ; SEISMOLOGY; SUPERSATURATION;

MAGMATIC SYSTEMS;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FISSURE; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141905779     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00176-8     Document Type: Article

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