Real-time simultaneous detection of volcanic Hg and SO2 at La Fossa Crater, Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Sicily)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Aiuppa, A ^a,b   Bagnato, E ^a   Witt, M L I ^c   Mather, T A ^c   Parello, F ^a   Pyle, D M ^c   Martin, R S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; MERCURY (METAL); REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

FUMAROLE; VOLCANIC EMISSIONS;

VOLCANOES;

DETECTION METHOD; EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PLUME; REAL TIME; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FOSSA CRATER; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VULCANO;

EID: 38549141942     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030762     Document Type: Article

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