Mantle 3He and CO2 degassing in carbonic and geothermal springs of Colorado and implications for neotectonics of the Rocky Mountains

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 495-498

  Karlstrom, Karl E ^a   Crossey, Laura J ^a   Hilton, David R ^b   Barry, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HYDROCHEMICAL MODELING; MANTLE DEGASSING; MANTLE HELIUMS; NEOTECTONICS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

DEGASSING; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; ISOTOPES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEGASSING; HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NEOTECTONICS; POINT SOURCE; THERMAL SPRING;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875500152     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34007.1     Document Type: Article

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