What do aqueous geothermometers really tell us?

Geofluids

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-48

  Ferguson, G ^a   Grasby, S E ^b   Hindle, S R ^a,c  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geothermometry; Groundwater flow; Heat flow; Numerical modeling; Thermal springs

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DISCHARGE; FLUID FLOW; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL SPRING;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 61349183229     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2008.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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