The helium and carbon isotope systematics of a continental geothermal system: Results from monitoring studies at Long Valley caldera (California, U.S.A.)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-295

  Hilton, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; CARBON; DEGASSING; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEISMICITY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, LONG VALLEY CALDERA;

EID: 0029776973     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(95)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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