Carbon dioxide and helium emissions from a reservoir of magmatic gas beneath Mammoth Mountain, California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 15303-15323

  Sorey, M L ^a   Evans, W C ^a   Kennedy, B M ^b   Farrar, C D ^c   Hainsworth, L J ^d,e   Hausback, B ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HELIUM; MAGMA; VOLCANIC GAS;

CALIFORNIA; MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032503876     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01389     Document Type: Article

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