Atmospheric sources and sinks of volcanogenic elements in a basaltic volcano (Etna, Italy)

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 7401-7425

  Calabrese, S ^a   Aiuppa, A ^a,b   Allard, P ^c   Bagnato, E ^a   Bellomo, S ^b   Brusca, L ^b   D'Alessandro, W ^b   Parello, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BASALT; EMISSION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 80155191188     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.09.040     Document Type: Article

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