Volatile fluxes through the Big Bend section of the San Andreas Fault, California: Helium and carbon-dioxide systematics

Chemical Geology

Volumn 339, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-102

  Kulongoski, Justin T ^a   Hilton, David R ^b   Barry, Peter H ^b   Esser, Bradley K ^c   Hillegonds, Darren ^c   Belitz, Kenneth ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Bend section; Carbon dioxide flux; Groundwater; Helium isotope; Mantle volatile; San Andreas Fault System (SAFS)

Indexed keywords

BIG BEND SECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE FLUX; HELIUM ISOTOPES; MANTLE VOLATILES; SAN ANDREAS FAULT;

CARBON; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ISOTOPES; SEISMOGRAPHS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR BUBBLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENTRAINMENT; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE SOURCE; POINT SOURCE; VOLATILE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

CALIFORNIA; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873746051     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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