Gas hazard assessment at the Monticchio crater lakes of Mt. Vulture, a volcano in Southern Italy

Terra Nova

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-87

  Caracausi, Antonio ^a   Nuccio, P Mario ^a,b   Favara, Rocco ^a   Nicolosi, Marco ^b   Paternoster, Michele ^c  

^a SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Scienze   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRATER LAKE; DISSOLVED GAS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMATISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS;

AFRICA; BASILICATA; CAMEROON; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE NYOS; MOUNT VULTURE; POTENZA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 63249103908     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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