Unravelling the processes controlling gas emissions from the central and northeast craters of Mt. Etna

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 368-376

  La Spina, Alessandro ^a,b   Burton, Mike ^c   Salerno, Giuseppe Giovanni ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magmatic degassing; Mt. Etna; OP FTIR

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MODE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; IMAGING CAMERA; MAGMATIC DEGASSING; MONITORING STRATEGY; MOUNT ETNA; MT. ETNA; OP-FTIR; OPEN-PATH; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; VOLCANIC GAS EMISSIONS; VOLCANIC SYSTEMS;

DEGASSING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INFRARED LAMPS; VOLCANOES;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRATER; DEGASSING; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MONITORING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC GAS;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 78649629670     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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