Thermal sensitivity analysis of emplacement of the magma chamber in Los Humeros caldera, Puebla, Mexico

International Geology Review

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 905-925

  Verma, Surendra P ^a   Gómez Arias, Efraín ^b   Andaverde, Jorge ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

geothermal field; heat budget; isotherms; temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPLACEMENT; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT SOURCE; ISOTHERM; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL REGIME;

LOS HUMEROS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 79953781196     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810903234296     Document Type: Article

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