Persistent CO2 emissions and hydrothermal unrest following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal

Earthquakes rarely affect hydrothermal systems in non-magmatic context. Here the authors report outbursts of CO2 and hydrothermal disturbances triggered by the 2015 Nepal earthquake, revealing high sensitivity of Himalayan hydrothermal systems to co-, post- and possibly pre- seismic deformation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Frédéric Girault, Lok Bijaya Adhikari, Christian France-Lanord, Pierre Agrinier, Bharat P. Koirala, Mukunda Bhattarai, Sudhan S. Mahat, Chiara Groppo, Franco Rolfo, Laurent Bollinger, Frédéric Perrier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05138-z