Measurements of 220Rn and 222Rn and CO2 emissions in soil and fumarole gases on Mt. Etna volcano (Italy): Implications for gas transport and shallow ground fracture

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Giammanco, S ^a   Sims, K W W ^b   Neri, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Gas transport; Mount Etna.; Radon; Rock stress; Thoron

Indexed keywords

EID: 48549089720     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001644     Document Type: Article

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