Geochemical investigations applied to active fault detection in a volcanic area: The North-East Rift on Mt. Etna (Sicily, Italy)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2005-2008

  Giammanco, Salvatore ^a   Gurrieri, Sergio ^a   Valenza, Mariano ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY ALTERATION; DEGASSING; FAULT DETECTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANOES; CARBON DIOXIDE; HELIUM; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS; TECTONICS;

GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIDDEN STRUCTURES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGMA DEGASSING; PERNICANA FAULT SYSTEM; VOLCANIC STRUCTURES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOCHEMISTRY;

ACTIVE FAULT DETECTION; ERUPTIVE FISSURES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; PERNICANA FAULT SYSTEM; RESIDUAL MAGMA DEGASSING; VOLCANIC AREA;

ACTIVE FAULT; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; VOLCANO;

ITALY;

EID: 0032728360     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900396     Document Type: Article

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