Fluid geochemical transect in the Northern Apennines (central-northern Italy): Fluid genesis and migration and tectonic implications

Tectonophysics

Volumn 319, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-222

  Minissale, A ^a   Magro, G ^a   Martinelli, G ^b   Vaselli, O ^c   Tassi, G F ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Regione Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gases; Helium gas; Isotope geochemistry; Northern Apennines; Thermal waters

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; FLUID COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NATURAL GAS; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMAL WATER;

ITALY;

EID: 0034057831     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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