The memory of volcanic waters: Shallow magma degassing revealed by halogen monitoring in thermal springs of La Soufrière volcano (Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 710-728

  Villemant, Benoît ^a,b,c   Hammouya, Gilbert ^b   Michel, Agnès ^a   Semet, Michel P ^a,b   Komorowski, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Boudon, Georges ^a,b   Cheminée, Jean Louis ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IPGP   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Halogens; Hydrothermal systems; Volcanic activity; Volcano monitoring

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; MAGMA DEGASSING; VOLCANIC ACIVITY; VOLCANIC WATERS; VOLCANO MONITORING;

DEGASSING; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HALOGEN ELEMENTS; MONITORING; POROUS MATERIALS; VOLCANOES;

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES;

VOLCANISM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GUADELOUPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 24144437167     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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