Controls on the geomorphic expression and evolution of gryphons, pools, and caldera features at hydrothermal seeps in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, southern California

Geomorphology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 327-342

  Onderdonk, Nathan ^a   Mazzini, Adriano ^b   Shafer, Luke ^a   Svensen, Henrik ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gryphons; Hydrothermal vent; Mud Pots; Mud volcanoes; Salton Sea; Seeps

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GPS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MUD VOLCANO; POOL; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER LEVEL;

CALIFORNIA; SALTON SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956084625     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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