Gas seepage from Tokamachi mud volcanoes, onshore Niigata Basin (Japan): Origin, post-genetic alterations and CH4-CO2 fluxes

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-359

  Etiope, G ^a   Nakada, R ^b   Tanaka, K ^c   Yoshida, N ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO2 FLUXES; DATA SETS; DRY SOIL; EMISSION FACTORS; GAS MIGRATION; GAS SEEPAGE; GAS SOURCES; GENETIC ALTERATIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE FLUXES; MICROSEEPAGE; MOLECULAR FRACTIONATION; MUD VOLCANOES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RELEASED GAS; VOLUME RATIO; VOLUMETRIC RATIO;

BIODEGRADATION; GASES; METHANE; PROPANE; SEEPAGE;

VOLCANOES;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CRATER; EXHALATIVE DEPOSIT; GAS SEEPAGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; PETROLEUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; VOLCANIC SOIL;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; NIIGATA;

EID: 79551600201     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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