Transient uprise of gas and gas-rich magma batches fed the pulsating behavior of the 2006 eruptive episodes at Mt. Etna volcano

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 227-228, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-118

  Nicotra, Eugenio ^a   Viccaro, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Degassing; Etna; Isotope; Magma recharge; Plagioclase; Texture

Indexed keywords

ASCENT RATE; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; ETNA; GAS PLUMES; HIGH CONTRAST; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMA BATCHES; MAGMA RECHARGE; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MGO; MOLAR RATIO; MT. ETNA; OSCILLATORY ZONING; PLAGIOCLASE; PLAGIOCLASE CRYSTALS; PLUMBING SYSTEMS;

DEGASSING; FELDSPAR; IRON OXIDES; ISOTOPES; LEAD; SIEVES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEXTURES; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCONIUM;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CRYSTAL; DECOMPRESSION; DEGASSING; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PLAGIOCLASE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TEXTURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84859733574     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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