Rapid transport pathways for geothermal fluids in an active Great Basin fault zone

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 825-828

  Fairley, Jerry P ^a   Hinds, Jennifer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault hydrology; Geostatistics; Geothermal; Groundwater; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATION; GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; TOTAL FLUXES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE FLOW; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4744369766     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20617.1     Document Type: Article

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