Monitoring of temporal and spatial variations in fumarole helium and carbon dioxide characteristics at Poás and Turrialba Volcanoes, Costa Rica (2001-2009)

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 431-440

  Hilton, D R ^a   Ramirez C J ^b   Mora Amador, R ^b   Fischer, T P ^c   Furi E ^a   Barry, P H ^a   Shaw, A M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Central America; Costa Rica; Helium isotopes; Volcano monitoring

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEGASSING; FUMAROLE; HELIUM ISOTOPE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ALAJUELA; CARTAGO; COSTA RICA; POAS VOLCANO; TURRIALBA;

EID: 79957942427     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0085     Document Type: Article

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