Diffuse degassing and relation to structural flow paths at Ahuachapan Geothermal Field, El Salvador

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 27, Issue , 2003, Pages 325-330

  Padron E ^a   Lopez D L ^c   Magana M I ^b   Marrero, R ^a   Perez N M ^a  

^a Instituto Tecnologico y de Enegias Renovables   (Spain)

^b Geotermica Salvadorena SA de CV   (El Salvador)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Diffuse soil degassing; Faults; Hydrogen; Hydrothermal field; Noble gases

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE SOIL DEGASSING; FAULTS; HYDROTHERMAL FIELDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; INERT GASES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 4143107846     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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