Indications for the existence of different magmatic reservoirs beneath the Eifel area (Germany): A multi-isotope (C, N, He, Ne, Ar) approach

Chemical Geology

Volumn 356, Issue , 2013, Pages 193-208

  Bräuer, Karin ^a   Kämpf, Horst ^b   Niedermann, Samuel ^b   Strauch, Gerhard ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

13CCO2; 15NN2; 3He 4He ratios; Eifel; Magmatic CO2; Noble gases

Indexed keywords

3HE/4HE RATIOS; EIFEL; GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; MAGMATIC CO2; MAGMATIC COMPONENT; MELT COMPOSITIONS; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION;

GASES; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; MINERAL SPRINGS; NEON;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARGON ISOTOPE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGASSING; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MELTING; NEON; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NOBLE GAS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BOHEMIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; EIFEL; GERMANY; LAACHER SEE; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

EID: 84884159126     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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