Global distribution of carbon dioxide discharges, and major zones of seismicity

Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-39
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Abstract

Carbon dioxide discharges of the circum-Pacific belt are in a seismically active zone and in part stem from contact metamorphism. Carbon dioxide discharges in Europe and Asia Minor, also in an area of high seismic activity, are in part from regional metamorphism and are in areas of very high heat flow.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Global distribution of carbon dioxide discharges, and major zones of seismicity
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 78-39
DOI 10.3133/wri7839
Year Published 1978
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Water Resources Division
Description Report: iii, 12 p.; Plate: 30.99 x 31.34 inches
Scale 40000000
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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