The magmatic- and hydrothermal-dominated fumarolic system at the Active Crater of Lascar volcano, northern Chile

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-183

  Tassi, Franco ^a   Aguilera, F ^b   Vaselli, O ^a,c   Medina, E ^b   Tedesco, D ^d,e   Delgado Huertas, A ^f   Poreda, R ^g   Kojima, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f CSIC   (Spain)

^g Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid geochemistry; Fumarolic gases; Geochemical monitoring; Isotope geochemistry; Lascar volcano; Northern Chile; Volcanic hazard

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DEGASSING; FUMAROLE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; VOLCANIC GAS;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; LASCAR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 60449101283     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-008-0216-z     Document Type: Article

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