Shallow submarine and subaerial, low-enthalpy hydrothermal manifestations in Punta Banda, Baja California, Mexico: Geophysical and geochemical characterization

Geothermics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-111

  Arango Galván, Claudia ^a   Prol Ledesma, Rosa María ^a   Flores Márquez, Elsa Leticia ^a   Canet, Carles ^a   Villanueva Estrada, Ruth Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California Peninsula; Electrical resistivity tomography; Exploration; Geothermal; Low enthalpy resources; Mexico

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; EXPLORATION; GEOTHERMAL; LOW-ENTHALPY RESOURCES; ME-XICO;

DESALINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENTHALPY; GEOPHYSICS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; HOT SPRINGS; SEAWATER; SILICA; SUBMARINES; WATER FILTRATION;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ENTHALPY; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; METEORIC WATER; SHALLOW WATER; SUBMARINE SPRING;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUNTA BANDA ESTUARY;

EID: 79956044850     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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