Variations in the 3He/4He ratios of hot springs on Shikoku Island, southwest Japan

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Umeda, Koji ^a   Kanazawa, Sunao ^a   Kakuta, Chifumi ^a   Asamori, Koichi ^a   Oikawa, Teruki ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustal seismicity; Helium isotope ratio; Kii Peninsula; Mantle derived helium; Shikoku Island; Stress field

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846276157     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001210     Document Type: Article

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