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Title Heat Source in Los Humeros Geothermal Area, Puebla, Mexico
Authors Verma, Surendra P.
Year 1985
Conference Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
Keywords Exploration; Mexico; Los Humeros; Magma Chamber; Geochemistry; Geology
Abstract An approach is developed which uses the data on surface geology and geochemistry and enable us to obtain estimates on some physical and chemical characteristics of subsurface magma chambers. This is successfully applied to Los Humeros geothermal area which is shown to be underlain by a large (about 1,500 Km3), shallow (top of the chamber is about 5 km deep), chemically and thermally stratified magma chamber.
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