A preliminary study of older hot spring alteration in Sevenmile Hole, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 188, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 225-236

  Larson, Peter B ^a   Phillips, Allison ^a   John, David ^b   Cosca, Michael ^c   Pritchard, Chad ^a   Andersen, Allen ^a   Manion, Jennifer ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

caldera; epithermal; hydrothermal; rhyolite; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

CANYON RIM; CANYON WALLS; CROSS SECTION; DICKITE; EPITHERMAL; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GRAND CANYONS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL MINERALS; LINEAR ARRAYS; POST-COLLAPSE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONES;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GRANITE; HOT SPRINGS; KAOLINITE; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; QUARTZ; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFUR;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CANYON; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FAULT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ILLITE; KAOLINITE; OUTCROP; PHASE TRANSITION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; THERMAL SPRING; ZONING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE CALDERA; YELLOWSTONE RIVER;

EID: 71749115239     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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