Thermal and petrologic constraints on lower crustal melt accumulation under the Salton Sea Geothermal Field

doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.02.027

Title: Thermal and petrologic constraints on lower crustal melt accumulation under the Salton Sea Geothermal Field

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Authors:: Karakas, Ozge; Dufek, Josef; Mangan, Margaret T.; Wright, Heather M.; Bachmann, Olivier

Publication Date:: 2017-06-01

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Office (EE-4G)

OSTI Identifier:: 1416608

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Earth and Planetary Science Letters Journal Volume: 467 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0012-821X

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Karakas, Ozge, Dufek, Josef, Mangan, Margaret T., Wright, Heather M., and Bachmann, Olivier. Thermal and petrologic constraints on lower crustal melt accumulation under the Salton Sea Geothermal Field.  Netherlands: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Karakas, Ozge, Dufek, Josef, Mangan, Margaret T., Wright, Heather M., & Bachmann, Olivier. Thermal and petrologic constraints on lower crustal melt accumulation under the Salton Sea Geothermal Field.  Netherlands.  doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.02.027.

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                    Karakas, Ozge, Dufek, Josef, Mangan, Margaret T., Wright, Heather M., and Bachmann, Olivier. Thu .  
        "Thermal and petrologic constraints on lower crustal melt accumulation under the Salton Sea Geothermal Field".  Netherlands.  doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.02.027.

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  title        = {Thermal and petrologic constraints on lower crustal melt accumulation under the Salton Sea Geothermal Field},

  author       = {Karakas, Ozge and Dufek, Josef and Mangan, Margaret T. and Wright, Heather M. and Bachmann, Olivier},

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