Cluster analysis of soil CO2 data from Mt. Etna (Italy) reveals volcanic influences on temporal and spatial patterns of degassing

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-218

  Giammanco, Salvatore ^a   Bonfanti, Pietro ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Degassing model; Diffuse degassing; Mt. Etna; SoilCO2; Time series analysis; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC EMISSION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ACQUISITION; DEGASSING; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; PERMEABILITY; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC SOIL;

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

EID: 60449090131     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-008-0218-x     Document Type: Article

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