Methane flux and origin in the Othrys ophiolite hyperalkaline springs, Greece

Chemical Geology

Volumn 347, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-174

  Etiope, G ^a,b   Tsikouras, B ^c,d   Kordella, S ^c   Ifandi, E ^c   Christodoulou, D ^c   Papatheodorou, G ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Hyperalkaline springs; Methane; Ophiolite; Serpentinization

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS; HYPER-ALKALINE; OPHIOLITE; PRODUCTION MECHANISMS; SERPENTINIZATION; SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITES; TUNABLE DIODE LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ENERGY RESOURCES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; SILICA;

METHANE;

GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; OPHIOLITE; SERPENTINIZATION; THERMAL SPRING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

GREECE;

EID: 84877900142     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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