Long-term record of CO2 degassing along Mt. Etna's flanks and its relationship with magma dynamics and eastern flank instability

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Federico, Cinzia ^a   Camarda, Marco ^a   De Gregorio, Sofia ^a   Gurrieri, Sergio ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

deformation; Mt. Etna; seismicity

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEGASSING; SOILS; VOLCANOES;

AREAL DISTRIBUTION; BACKGROUND VALUE; DEFORMATION PATTERN; FLANK INSTABILITY; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; LONG TERM RECORDS; MT. ETNA; SEISMICITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DEFORMATION; DEGASSING; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; SEISMICITY; SOIL CARBON; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 80054017483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003601     Document Type: Article

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