A helium isotope perspective on the Dixie Valley, Nevada, hydrothermal system

Geothermics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-43

  Kennedy, B Mac ^a   van Soest, Matthijs C ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Dixie Valley; Geothermal; Helium isotopes; Magmatic; Noble gases; Permeability

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; MAGMATISM;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM;

DIXIE VALLEY; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32644432825     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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