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Title 2-D Magnetotelluric Imaging Of The Rotorua And Waimangu Geothermal Fields
Authors Heise, Wiebke ., Bertrand, Ted ., Caldwell, Grant ., Hill, Graham ., Palmer, Neville . and Bennie, Stewart
Year 2014
Conference New Zealand Geothermal Workshop
Keywords Magnetotellurics, Rotorua, Waimangu, Taupo Volcanic zone
Abstract 2-D inverse modelling of magnetotelluric (MT) measurements at 101 locations in a 40 km by 10 km wide band crossing the Rotorua and Waimangu geothermal fields suggest that the geothermal fields are fed by up-flow zones that rise from the edge of a single electrically conductive body situated between the geothermal fields at about 6 km depth. The conductive body is interpreted to be a zone of silicic magma.
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