C5+ hydrocarbons in fumarolic gases from the Kakkonda (Takinoue) geothermal area, Japan

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 63-73

  Higashihara, Masami ^a   Igari, Shun Ichiro ^b   Maekawa, Tatsuo ^b   Noda, Tetsuro ^b   Sakata, Susumu ^b   Asada, Noriko ^a   Miyatake, Akira ^a  

^a Mitsui Mineral Development Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMAROLE; GAS; GEOTHERMAL FIELD; HYDROCARBON;

JAPAN, HOKKAIDO, KAKKONDA;

EID: 0030862543     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.31.63     Document Type: Article

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