Secondary mineral-fluid equilibria in the Krafla and Námafjall geothermal systems, Iceland

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1607-1625

  Gudmundsson, Björn Thór ^a   Arnórsson, Stefán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENTHALPY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MINERALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

AQUIFER FLUID COMPOSITION; EPIDOTE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; WORLD;

EID: 23844447754     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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