Buried rhyolites within the active, high-temperature Salton Sea geothermal system

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 708-718

  Schmitt, Axel K ^a   Hulen, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; Pleistocene; rifting; volcanism; zircon

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GRANITE; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PYRITES; QUARTZ; SILICA; ZIRCON;

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; GEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS; GEOTHERMAL ACTIVITIES; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; HEAT FLOWS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HOLOCENE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION MINERALS; HYDROTHERMAL WATERS; PLEISTOCENE; RHYOLITIC; RIFTING; SALTON SEA GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; SALTON SEAS; SALTON TROUGHS; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON DATING;

SILICATE MINERALS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LAVA FLOW; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PLEISTOCENE; RHYOLITE; RIFTING; TUFF; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 57049089051     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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