Mineralogical and geochemical effects due to hydrothermal alteration in the Los Azufres geothermal field, Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-24

  Torres Alvarado, Ignacio S ^a   Pandarinath, Kailasa ^a   Verma, Surendra P ^a   Dulski, Peter ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Element mobility; Geothermal systems; HFSE; Los Azufres; Mexican Volcanic Belt; Mexico; REE; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250725531     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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