Chemical and isotope characteristics of the Chachimbiro geothermal fluids (Ecuador)

Geothermics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 495-517

  Aguilera, Eduardo ^a   Cioni, Roberto ^b   Gherardi, Fabrizio ^b   Magro, Gabriella ^b   Marini, Luigi ^c   Pang, Zhonghe ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS ESPE   (Ecuador)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chachimbiro; Ecuador; Geochemistry; Isotopes; Thermal springs

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SULFUR;

GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; MAGMATIC WATER;

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22644446695     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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