Environmental impact of magmatic fluorine emission in the Mt. Etna area

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 87-101

  Bellomo, Sergio ^a,b   Aiuppa, Alessandro ^a,b   D'Alessandro, Walter ^b   Parello, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

environmental volcanology; fluorine; impact of volcanic F; Mt. Etna; soils; vegetation; volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSION; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANOLOGY;

DEGASSING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORINE; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOCHEMISTRY; SOILS; VEGETATION;

VOLCANOES;

DEGASSING; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORINE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC GAS; WET DEPOSITION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CASTANEA SATIVA; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 34447298671     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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