Understanding heat and groundwater flow through continental flood basalt provinces: Insights gained from alternative models of permeability/depth relationships for the Columbia Plateau, USA

Geofluids

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 120-138

  Burns, E R ^a   Williams, C F ^b   Ingebritsen, S E ^b   Voss, C I ^b   Spane, F A ^c   Deangelo, J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advection; Advective heat transport; Anisotropy; Conduction dominated; Flood basalts; Heat flow; Hydrothermal alteration; Permeability; Regional groundwater flow

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ANISOTROPY; AQUIFER; FLOOD BASALT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; PERMEABILITY;

CASCADE RANGE; COLUMBIA PLATEAU; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84923118574     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfl.12095     Document Type: Article

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