Noble gas radionuclides in Yellowstone geothermal gas emissions: A reconnaissance

Chemical Geology

Volumn 339, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-51

  Yokochi, R ^a,b   Sturchio, N C ^b   Purtschert, R ^c   Jiang, W ^d   Lu, Z T ^d,e   Mueller, P ^d   Yang, G M ^d,f   Kennedy, B M ^g   Kharaka, Y ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^g LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid Residence Time; Noble gas radionuclides; Yellostone National Park

Indexed keywords

AIR; AQUIFERS; GEYSERS; INERT GASES; RADIOISOTOPES; ROCKS;

FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ABUNDANCES; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NATIONAL PARKS; NOBLE GAS ISOTOPES; RESIDENCE TIME; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

ARGON ISOTOPE; CALDERA; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GEYSER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NOBLE GAS; RADIONUCLIDE; RESERVOIR ROCK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

HYLOBATIDAE;

EID: 84873748021     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.037     Document Type: Article

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