Non-volcanic CO2 Earth degassing: Case of Mefite d'Ansanto (southern Apennines), Italy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Chiodini, G ^a   Granieri, D ^b   Avino, R ^a   Caliro, S ^a   Costa, A ^a   Minopoli, C ^a   Vilardo, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APENNINES; ATMOSPHERIC CO; GAS FLOWS; GAS FLUX; GAS RESERVOIR; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; HUMAN HEALTH; LOW TEMPERATURES; NATURAL EMISSIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; STORAGE SITES; VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENT; WIND CONDITIONS;

ANIMALS; VOLCANOES;

GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEGASSING; GAS FLOW; LIMESTONE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESERVOIR;

APENNINES; ITALY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953625415     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042858     Document Type: Article

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