Quantification of gas fluxes from the subcontinental mantle: The example of Laacher See, a maar lake in Germany

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-41

  Aeschbach Hertig, W ^a,c   Kipfer, R ^a   Hofer, M ^a   Imboden, D M ^d   Wieler, R ^b   Signer, P ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS FLUX; HELIUM; MAAR LAKE; MANTLE; NEON;

GERMANY, LAACHER SEE;

EID: 0029751291     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00370-3     Document Type: Article

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