The Domuyo volcanic system: An enormous geothermal resource in Argentine Patagonia

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 274, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-77

  Chiodini, Giovanni ^a   Liccioli, Caterina ^b   Vaselli, Orlando ^c,d   Calabrese, Sergio ^e   Tassi, Franco ^c,d   Caliro, Stefano ^a   Caselli, Alberto ^b,f   Agusto, Mariano ^f   D'Alessandro, Walter ^g  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b Instituto de Paleobiología y Geología de la Universidad Nacional Rio Negro   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^g SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Argentine patagonia; Domuyo volcano; Geothermal potential; Water geochemistry

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES; GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; PATAGONIA; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; WATER GEOCHEMISTRIES;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HEAT FLUX; RIVERS; SODIUM;

VOLCANOES;

ADVECTION; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; THERMAL WATER; VOLCANISM;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84896804006     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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