Analytical and numerical models of hydrothermal fluid flow at fault intersections

Geofluids

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-326

  Person, M ^a   Hofstra, A ^b   Sweetkind, D ^b   Stone, W ^a   Cohen, D ^c   Gable, C W ^d   Banerjee, A ^a  

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

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Faults; Groundwater; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BOUNDARY CONDITION; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; THERMAL SPRING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE;

EID: 84867991235     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfl.12002     Document Type: Article

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