Measuring pressure in the source region for geysers, Geyser Valley, Kamchatka

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 264, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-16

  Shteinberg, Alexander ^a   Manga, Michael ^a   Korolev, Evgeniy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Geothermal systems; Geyser; Hydrothermal explosion; Overpressure

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED WATERS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROTHERMAL EXPLOSION; LIQUID WATER; OVERPRESSURE; SOURCE REGION;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEYSERS; LANDFORMS; WATER LEVELS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GEYSER; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OVERPRESSURE; PRESSURE FIELD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WATER LEVEL;

GEYSER VALLEY; KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84883640853     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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