Gas chemistry, boiling and phase segregation in a geothermal system, Hellisheidi, Iceland

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 170-189

  Scott, Samuel ^a,b   Gunnarsson, Ingvi ^a   Arnórsson, Stefán ^b   Stefánsson, Andri ^b  

^a formerly at Iceland GeoSurvey   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIKE; DISCHARGE; ENTHALPY; FISSURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SILL;

ICELAND;

EID: 84886857436     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.09.027     Document Type: Article

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