Pre- and syn-eruptive geochemistry of volcanic gases from Soufriere Hills of Montserrat, West Indies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3685-3688

  Hammouya, G ^a,e   Allard, P ^b   Jean Baptiste, P ^c   Parello, F ^d   Semet, M P ^e   Young, S R ^a  

^a Observatoire Volcanologique de la Soufriere   (Guadeloupe)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMAROLES; HYDROTHERMAL BUFFERING; LAVA DOMES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; OXIDATION; VOLCANOES; WATER;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

FUMAROLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; VOLCANIC GAS;

MONTSERRAT;

EID: 0032193166     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02321     Document Type: Article

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