Inferences on the hydrothermal system beneath the resurgent dome in Long Valley Caldera, east-central California, USA, from recent pumping tests and geochemical sampling

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 305-328

  Farrar, Christopher D ^a   Sorey, Michael L ^a   Roeloffs, Evelyn ^a   Galloway, Devin L ^a   Howle, James F ^a   Jacobson, Ronald ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Hydraulic properties; Hydrology; Hydrothermal systems; Long Valley caldera; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERAL RESOURCES; SEISMOLOGY;

HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION;

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; FLUID FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; VOLCANISM; WELL TESTING;

CALIFORNIA; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141974819     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00174-4     Document Type: Article

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