MOFETTA.ORG

The Eastern Carpathians are characterized by intense gas emissions starting from the Neogene to Quaternary volcanic structures and occurring also far away from these, in the Cretaceous flysch units. This is the most intensive degassing area from Romania... The gas emissions appear in different forms: dry gas, named mofettes and bubbling gas when they are accompanied by groundwater. The major components of these gas emissions are: CO2, CH4, N2 and sometimes H2S. Recent studies reveal a magmatic contribution up to 60% in these emissions. Gases are also present dissolved in groundwater and transported to the surface by CO2-rich springs. Besides these visible emissions, the gases come to the surface as diffuse degassing from the soil... The project proposes a systematic geochemical investigation of the gas emissions in the volcano-tectonic environment of the southern part of the Eastern Carpathians. Our primary aims are to constrain the flux of CO2, the origin of the different gas..

Primary location: Cluj-napoca Romania