An active subcontinental mantle volatile system in the western Eger rift, Central Europe: Gas flux, isotopic (He, C, and N) and compositional fingerprints

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3653-3671

  Weinlich, F H ^a   Brauer K ^b   Kampf H ^a   Strauch, G ^b   Tesar J ^c   Weise, S M ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Inst for Natural Health Resources   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; RIFT ZONE; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

CZECH REPUBLIC; EGER RIFT;

EID: 0342980935     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00187-8     Document Type: Article

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