Geochemical traces of CO2-rich fluid flow along normal faults in central Italy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 758-770

  Agosta, Fabrizio ^a,b   Mulch, Andreas ^a,c   Chamberlain, Page ^a   Aydin, Atilla ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fracture and flow; Fractures and faults; Permeability and porosity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; HOST ROCK; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORIC WATER; MINERALIZATION; NORMAL FAULT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; QUATERNARY;

ABRUZZI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MARSICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 48249096051     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03792.x     Document Type: Article

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