Gas discharges from four remote volcanoes in northern Chile (Putana,Olca, Irruputuncu and Alitar): A geochemical survey

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-136

  Tassi, Franco ^a,b   Aguilera, Felipe ^c,d   Vaselli, Orlando ^a,b   Darrah, Thomas ^e,f   Medina, Eduardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ATACAMA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMISSION; FUMAROLE; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; VOLCANO;

CHILE;

EID: 79960008841     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4401/ag-5173     Document Type: Article

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