The plumbing of Old Faithful Geyser revealed by hydrothermal tremor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1989-1993

  Vandemeulebrouck, J ^a   Roux, P ^b   Cros, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Geyser; Hydrothermal; Old Faithful; Seismology; Tremor

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; HYDROTHERMAL; LATERAL CAVITIES; OLD FAITHFUL; OSCILLATORY BEHAVIORS; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; TREMOR; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

SEISMOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

GEYSERS;

ARRAY; CAVITATION; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; OSCILLATION; SEISMOLOGY; WATER LEVEL;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84879966762     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50422     Document Type: Article

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