On the change of 3He/4He ratios in hot spring gases after The Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Horiguchi, Keika ^a   Matsuda, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

earthquake; epicenter; helium isotopes; Japan; noble gas

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED GAS; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NOBLE GAS; THERMAL SPRING; UPWELLING; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 77953721487     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.42.e1     Document Type: Article

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