Heat flow in vapor dominated areas of the Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field: Implications for the thermal budget of the Yellowstone Caldera

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Hurwitz, Shaul ^a   Harris, Robert N ^b   Werner, Cynthia A ^c   Murphy, Fred ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CALDERA; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; MAGMATISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VOLCANO; HEAT TRANSFER; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; WATER VAPOR;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE CALDERA; YELLOWSTONE VOLCANIC PLATEAU; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOLFATARA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84867782928     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009463     Document Type: Article

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