Mud volcanoes and methane seeps in Romania: Main features and gas flux

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 501-511

  Baciu, Calin ^a   Caracausi, Antonio ^b   Etiope, Giuseppe ^c   Italiano, Francesco ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methane flux; Mud volcanoes; Nitrogen; Romania; Seeps

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEGASSING; GAS FLOW; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; SEEPAGE; VOLCANISM;

CARPATHIAN FOREDEEP; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOLDAVIAN PLATEAU; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRANSYLVANIAN BASIN;

BERCA;

EID: 44949103510     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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