Carbon dioxide released from subduction zones by fluid-mediated reactions

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 355-360

  Ague, Jay J ^a   Nicolescu, Stefan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE ROCK; DEGASSING; EOCENE; INFILTRATION; ISLAND; ISLAND ARC; METAMORPHIC ROCK; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CYCLADES; GREECE; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SYROS; TINOS;

EID: 84899703003     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2143     Document Type: Article

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