Changes in the diffuse CO2 emission and relation to seismic activity in and around El Hierro, Canary Islands

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-114

  Padrón, Eleazar ^a   Melián, Gladys ^a   Marrero, Rayco ^a   Nolasco, Dácil ^a   Barrancos, José ^a   Padilla, Germán ^a   Hernández, Pedro A ^a   Pérez, Nemesio M ^a  

^a Instituto Tecnologico y de Enegias Renovables   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Diffuse degassing; El Hierro Island; Material Failure Forecast Method; Precursors

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DEGASSING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIERRO; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 40849116142     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-007-0281-9     Document Type: Article

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