The growth of siliceous sinter deposits around high-temperature eruptive hot springs

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 247-248, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Boudreau, Alan E ^a   Lynne, Bridget Y ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Earth Science and Engineering   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Eruptive hot springs; Hydrothermal Conditions; Numerical Modeling; Siliceous Sinter

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS SURFACE; EARLY LIFE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; HYDROTHERMAL WATER; LOW AREA; NUMERIC MODELS; SILICA PRECIPITATION; SILICEOUS SINTER; SMOOTH SURFACE; SPRING DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITS; EVAPORATION; GEYSERS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILICA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SINTERING;

EVAPORATION; GEYSER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; SINTER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL SPRING; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865049509     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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