Aqueous and isotope geochemistry of mineral springs along the southern margin of the Tibetan plateau: Implications for fluid sources and regional degassing of CO2

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Newell, Dennis L ^a,b   Jessup, Micah J ^c   Cottle, John M ^d   Hilton, David R ^e   Sharp, Zachary D ^a   Fischer, Tobias P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; 3He 4He; CO2 flux; Springs; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 73049098634     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002021     Document Type: Article

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