Gas hazard induced by methane and hydrogen sulfide seepage in the NW Peloponnesus petroliferous basin (Greece)

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 897-908

  Etiope, Giuseppe ^a   Papatheodorou, George ^b   Christodoulou, Dimitris ^b   Favali, Paolo ^a   Ferentinos, George ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulfide; Methane; Microseepage; Petroleum; Seeps

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; SEEPAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PELOPONNESE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 28844440950     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2005.16.4.897(GIG)     Document Type: Article

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