Hengill geothermal volcanic complex (Iceland) characterized by integrated geophysical observations

Geothermics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-24

  Jousset, Philippe ^a   Haberland, Christian ^b   Bauer, Klaus ^b   Arnason, Knutur ^c  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c ICELAND GEOSURVEY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Broadband seismology; Fluids; Hengill volcano; Integrated geophysics; Resistivity; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND SEISMOLOGY; HENGILL VOLCANO; INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICS; RESISTIVITY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); EARTHQUAKES; FLUIDS; GEOPHYSICS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VOLCANOES;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANOLOGY;

HENGILL; ICELAND;

EID: 79951669835     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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