The He-CO2 isotope and relative abundance characteristics of geothermal fluids in El Salvador and Honduras: New constraints on volatile mass balance of the Central American Volcanic Arc

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 132-146

  de Leeuw, G A M ^a   Hilton, D R ^a   Fischer, T P ^b   Walker, J A ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon isotopes; Central America; CO2 3He, helium isotopes; crustal contamination; volatile recycling

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; VOLATILE RECYCLING;

CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; VOLCANOES;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FUMAROLE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HELIUM ISOTOPE; MASS BALANCE; RECYCLING; THERMAL SPRING; VOLCANIC GAS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; HONDURAS;

EID: 34249026444     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.028     Document Type: Article

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