Noble gas isotopes to determine the depth of the geothermal fluid circulation

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 888-898

  Luo, Lu ^a,b   Pang, Zhonghe ^a   Luo, Ji ^a,b   Li, Yiman ^a   Kong, Yanlong ^a   Pang, Jumei ^a,b   Wang, Yingchun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Geothermal system; Noble gas; Sampling method

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED GAS; FUMAROLE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NOBLE GAS; PETROGENESIS; THERMAL SPRING;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIANYANG;

EID: 84925261153     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0563-5020.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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