Environmental impacts of tropospheric volcanic gas plumes

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 213, Issue , 2003, Pages 381-399

  Delmelle, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC GAS;

EID: 0141857622     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.213.01.23     Document Type: Article

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