Gas flux to the atmosphere from mud volcanoes in eastern Romania

Terra Nova

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 179-184

  Etiope, G ^a   Baciu, C ^b   Caracausi, A ^c   Italiano, F ^c   Cosma, C ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS EXCHANGE; MUD VOLCANO; VOLCANIC GAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142770170     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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