Pattern of shallow ground water flow at Mount Princeton Hot Springs, Colorado, using geoelectrical methods

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 217-232

  Richards, K ^a   Revil, A ^a,b   Jardani, A ^a,c   Henderson, F ^d   Batzle, M ^a   Haas, A ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d Mount Princeton Geothermal Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Darcy velocity; Fault segmentation; Hot springs; Mount Princeton; Resistivity; Rift valley; Self potential; Strike slip fault

Indexed keywords

DARCY VELOCITY; FAULT SEGMENTATION; MOUNT PRINCETON; RESISTIVITY; RIFT VALLEY; SELF-POTENTIAL; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AQUIFERS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HOT SPRINGS; LANDFORMS; MOUNTINGS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; QUARTZ; TOMOGRAPHY;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULTING; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GRABEN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MONZONITE; NORMAL FAULT; PERMEABILITY; QUARTZ; RESERVOIR; RIFT ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THERMAL SPRING; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650075962     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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