Geothermal point sources identified in a fumarolic ice cave on Erebus volcano, Antarctica using fiber optic distributed temperature sensing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Curtis, Aaron ^a   Kyle, Philip ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAVES; DEGASSING; ICE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VOLCANOES;

ACTIVE VOLCANOES; AIR MASS; ANTARCTICA; BAROMETRIC PUMPING; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEMS; GAS VENTS; ISOLATED AREAS; POINT SOURCES; SUPPLYING HEAT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAVE; DEGASSING; FIBER OPTICS; FUMAROLE; HEAT FLUX; MICROCLIMATE; POINT SOURCE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MOUNT EREBUS; ROSS ISLAND;

EID: 80052002664     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048272     Document Type: Article

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