Numerical model of the hydrothermal system beneath Unzen Volcano, Japan

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 35-44

  Fujimitsu, Yasuhiro ^a   Ehara, Sachio ^a   Oki, Ryosuke ^a   Kanou, Ryohei ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

geothermal fluid; heat source; hydrothermal system; numerical model; Shimabara Peninsula; Unzen Volcano

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DRILLING; ESTIMATION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HOT SPRINGS; LANDFORMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL WELL LOGGING; SEA LEVEL; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; WATER LEVELS; WELL LOGGING;

BOTTOM TEMPERATURE; FUMAROLIC FIELD; GEODETIC DATA; GEOTHERMAL FLUID; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; HEAT SOURCE; HEAT SOURCING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRO-THERMAL SYSTEMS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; INITIAL TEMPERATURE; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURES; LOGGING DATA; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RECHARGE AREA; SHIMABARA PENINSULA; UNZEN VOLCANO; VOLCANIC CONDUITS;

WELL DRILLING;

HEAT SOURCE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMA; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL SPRING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU]; SHIMABARA PENINSULA; UNZEN VOLCANO;

EID: 50049122949     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.03.032     Document Type: Article

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