Fluid flow in the resurgent dome of Long Valley Caldera: Implications from thermal data and deep electrical sounding

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 329-345

  Pribnow, Daniel F C ^a   Schütze, Claudia ^b   Hurter, Suzanne J ^c   Flechsig, Christina ^b   Sass, John H ^d  

^a InstGeowissGemeinschaftsaufgaben   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep electric sounding; Hydrothermal flow; Long Valley Caldera

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER;

MAGMA CHAMBERS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

CALDERA; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FLUID FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; THERMAL REGIME;

CALIFORNIA; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141959632     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00175-6     Document Type: Article

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