Three-dimensional temperature field simulation of a cooling of a magma chamber, La Primavera caldera, Jalisco, Mexico

International Geology Review

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 833-843

  Verma, Surendra P ^a   Arredondo Parra, Usy C ^a   Andaverde, Jorge ^b   Gómez Arias, Efraín ^a   Guerrero Martínez, Fernando J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

geothermal field; magma chamber; modelling; solute geothermometer; temperature field

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CALDERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GEOTHERMOMETRY; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MIXING; PETROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

JALISCO; LA PRIMAVERA GEOTHERMAL FIELD; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84859168327     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2011.585036     Document Type: Review

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