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30 Nov 2017
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| 30 Nov 2017
Drilling into an active mofette: pilot-hole study of the impact of CO2-rich mantle-derived fluids on the geo–bio interaction in the western Eger Rift (Czech Republic)
Robert Bussert
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Applied Geosciences, Technische Universität Berlin,
13355 Berlin, Germany
Horst Kämpf
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 3.2: Organic
Geochemistry, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Christina Flechsig
Institute for Geophysics and Geology, University of Leipzig, 04103
Leipzig, Germany
Katja Hesse
Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics, 30655 Hannover, Germany
Tobias Nickschick
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 3.2: Organic
Geochemistry, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute for Geophysics and Geology, University of Leipzig, 04103
Leipzig, Germany
Qi Liu
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.3: Geomicrobiology,
14473 Potsdam, Germany
Josefine Umlauft
Institute for Geophysics and Geology, University of Leipzig, 04103
Leipzig, Germany
Tomáš Vylita
Balneological Institute, 360 01 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Dirk Wagner
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.3: Geomicrobiology,
14473 Potsdam, Germany
Thomas Wonik
Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics, 30655 Hannover, Germany
Hortencia Estrella Flores
Institute for Geophysics and Geology, University of Leipzig, 04103
Leipzig, Germany
Mashal Alawi
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.3: Geomicrobiology,
14473 Potsdam, Germany
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