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Deep drilling in an active geothermal area in the Azores

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A deep borehole on São Miguel encountered temperatures exceeding 200° C at a depth of 550 m. Subaerial volcanics persist to a depth of 786 m below sea level and indicate an average subsidence of 0.1 cm yr−1 for the island over the past 690,000 Myr.

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  1. Department of Geology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    G. K. Muecke, J. M. Ade-Hall, F. Aumento, A. MacDonald & P. H. Reynolds

  2. Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    R. D. Hyndman

  3. Observatorio Afonso Chaves, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal

    J. Quintino

  4. Lamont–Doherty Geological Observatory, Palisades, New York, USA

    N. Opdyke & W. Lowrie

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Muecke, G., Ade-Hall, J., Aumento, F. et al. Deep drilling in an active geothermal area in the Azores. Nature 252, 281–285 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252281a0

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