Possible role of mantle-derived CO2 in causing two "phreatic" explosions in Alaska

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Two "phreatic" maars in Alaska may have been created by the explosive release of carbon dioxide from a basaltic melt. Both the basalt of the maars and the observed CO2 (δ13C = -6.36‰) are inferred to have come from the mantle. © 1979 Geological Society of America.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Possible role of mantle-derived CO2 in causing two "phreatic" explosions in Alaska
Series title Geology
DOI 10.1130/0091-7613(1979)7<434:PROMCI>2.0.CO;2
Volume 7
Issue 9
Year Published 1979
Language English
Publisher Geological Society of America
Description 2 p.
First page 434
Last page 435
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