Seismically triggered microbial methane production relating to the Vogtland - NW Bohemia earthquake swarm period 2000, Central Europe

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 441-450

  Bräuer, Karin ^a   Kämpf, Horst ^b   Faber, Eckhard ^c   Koch, Ulrich ^d   Nitzsche, Horst Michael ^e   Strauch, Gerhard ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d Saxon Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

^e Institute of Non Classical Chemistry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Central Europe; Earthquake swarms; Gas geochemistry; Microbial methane production

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC EMISSION; CARBON ISOTOPE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; GEOCHEMISTRY; METHANE;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27744550598     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.39.441     Document Type: Article

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