The δ34S composition of sulfates and sulfides at the Los Humeros geothermal system, Mexico and their application to physicochemical fluid evolution

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 99-118

  Martinez Serrano, Raymundo G ^a,b   Jacquier, Bertrand ^a   Arnold, Michel ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chemical equilibrium; Geothermal systems; Sulfur isotopic composition

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SULPHATE; SULPHIDE;

MEXICO, PUEBLA, LOS HUMEROS GEOTHERMAL FIELD;

EID: 0030430588     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0273(95)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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