Diverse subaerial and sublacustrine hot spring settings of the Cerro Negro epithermal system (Jurassic, Deseado Massif), Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 229-230, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  Guido, Diego M ^a   Campbell, Kathleen A ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deseado Massif; Jurassic hot springs; Patagonia; Silicification; Subaerial; Sublacustrine; Travertine

Indexed keywords

DESEADO MASSIF; JURASSIC; PATAGONIA; SILICIFICATION; SUBAERIAL; SUBLACUSTRINE; TRAVERTINE;

CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; LAKES; LIMESTONE; ORE DEPOSITS; PARKS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

HOT SPRINGS;

CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; JURASSIC; PRESERVATION; QUARTZ VEIN; SILICA; SILICIFICATION; THERMAL SPRING; TRAVERTINE;

ARGENTINA; MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS; PATAGONIA; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA]; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84859936771     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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