Deep permeable fault-controlled helium transport and limited mantle flux in two extensional geothermal systems in the Great Basin, United States

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-198

  Banerjee, Amlan ^a   Person, Mark ^a   Hofstra, Albert ^b   Sweetkind, Donald ^b   Cohen, Denis ^c   Sabin, Andrew ^d   Unruh, Jeff ^e   Zyvoloski, George ^f   Gable, Carl W ^f   Crossey, Laura ^g   Karlstrom, Karl ^g  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^e William Lettis and Associates   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACTORS; CRUSTAL LEVELS; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLUXES; FREE CONVECTIONS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GREAT BASIN; HELIUM TRANSPORT; ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; MANTLE VOLATILES; METEORIC FLUIDS; METEORIC WATERS; NEAR-SURFACE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; ISOTOPES;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

FAULT ZONE; GAS TRANSPORT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HELIUM; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MANTLE SOURCE; METEORIC WATER; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951686279     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31557.1     Document Type: Article

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