Hydrothermal CO2 degassing in seismically active zones during the late Quaternary

Chemical Geology

Volumn 265, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 442-454

  Uysal, I Tonguç ^a   Feng, Yue xing ^a   Zhao, Jian xin ^a   Isik, Veysel ^b   Nuriel, Perach ^a   Golding, Suzanne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active fault; Climate; CO2; Hydrothermal eruption; Travertine vein

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BRECCIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGASSING; DEPOSITION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; OVERPRESSURE; QUATERNARY; RESERVOIR; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOLOGY; TRAVERTINE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 67650267499     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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