Helium anomalies at Los Azufres geothermal field, Mexico

Geotermia

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-40

  Barragán, Rosa María ^a   Arellano, Victor Manuel ^a   Segovia, Nuria ^b   Hernández, Abel ^a   Nieva, David ^a   Sandoval, Fernando ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Centro Nacional Alterno   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fluid re injection; Helium anomalies; Los Azufres; Mexico; Seismicity; Well simulation

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HELIUM; HYDROCHEMISTRY;

LOS AZUFRES; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 30744479439     PISSN: 01865897     EISSN: 01865897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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