Nitrogen isotopes in thermal fluids of a forearc region (Jalisco Block, Mexico): Evidence for heavy nitrogen from continental crust

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Inguaggiato, S ^a   Taran, Y ^b   Grassa, F ^a   Capasso, G ^a   Favara, R ^a   Varley, N ^c   Faber, E ^d  

^a SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bubbling gases; Forearc region; Jalisco Block Mexico; Nitrogen isotopes; Subduction related volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449209801     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000767     Document Type: Article

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