Application and evaluation of biomagnetic and biochemical monitoring of the dispersion and deposition of volcanically-derived particles at Mt. Etna, Italy

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 107-116

  Quayle, B M ^a   Mather, T A ^a   Witt, M L I ^a   Maher, B A ^b   Mitchell, R ^b   Martin, R S ^c   Calabrese, S ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Castanea sativa; magnetic biomonitoring; Mt. Etna; plume dispersion; vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ASH DEPOSITION; BIO-INDICATORS; BIOMONITORING; CASTANEA SATIVA; CONTROLLING FACTORS; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE; GROWING SEASON; LEAF SURFACES; MAGNETIC ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; MAGNETISATION; MT. ETNA; MULTI DOMAINS; NEW RESULTS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PARTICLE COLLECTION; PASSIVE SURFACES; PLUME DISPERSION; PLUME TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRONG CORRELATION; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION; TREE LEAVES; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANIC PLUME; WIDE AREA; WIND FIELD;

AEROSOLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VEGETATION; VOLCANOES;

MAGNETIC BUBBLES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; DISPERSION; LEAF; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TRACE METAL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WIND FIELD;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 77349121582     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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