Radon and Carbon Dioxide Diffuse Soil Degassing at Ahuachapan Geothermal Field, El Salvador

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 341-344

  Magaña, María Inés ^a   López, Dina L ^b   Tenorio, José ^a   Matus, Antonio ^a  

^a Carretera a La Libertad ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active fault; Anomaly; CO2 flux; Degassing; Radon; Thoron

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; RADON; SOILS;

SOIL DEGASSING;

DEGASSING;

EID: 0242493259     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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