Statistical analysis reveals spatial and temporal anomalies of soil CO2 efflux on Mount Etna volcano (Italy)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Giammanco, Salvatore ^a   Bellotti, Fernando ^b,c   Groppelli, Gianluca ^c   Pinton, Annamaria ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magmatic degassing; Mt. Etna; Soil CO2 effluxes; Statistical analysis; Volcano tectonic structures

Indexed keywords

MT. ETNA; SOIL CO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DEGASSING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOILS; SURVEYS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; DEGASSING; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC SOIL;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 77953696898     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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