Mechanics of old faithful Geyser, Calistoga, California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Rudolph, M L ^a   Manga, M ^a   Hurwitz, S ^b   Johnston, M ^b   Karlstrom, L ^a,c   Wang, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DEFORMATION;

CALIFORNIA; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; MECHANICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL MODEL; POROELASTIC; PRESSURE CHANGE; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES;

GEYSERS;

DEFORMATION; GEYSER; POROELASTICITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RECHARGE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871556803     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054012     Document Type: Article

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