Mercury gas emissions from La Soufrière Volcano, Guadeloupe Island (Lesser Antilles)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 267-273

  Bagnato, E ^a   Allard, P ^b   Parello, F ^a   Aiuppa, A ^a,c   Calabrese, S ^a   Hammouya, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^d Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismologique de Guadeloupe Le Houëlmont   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

Emission rate; Fumaroles; Gaseous and particulate mercury; Mercury; Trace metals; Volcanic plume

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRATER; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUMAROLE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TRACE METAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 68949189526     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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