Contrasting hydrothermal activity at Sierra Negra and Alcedo volcanoes, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-52

  Goff, F ^a   McMurtry, G M ^b   Counce, D ^a   Simac, J A ^c   Roldan Manzo A R ^d   Hilton, D R ^e,f  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d INDE   (Guatemala)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcedo; Galapagos; Gas geochemistry; Geothermal systems; Isotope geochemistry; Sierra Negra; Volcanic gases

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0034083714     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004450050289     Document Type: Article

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