Contribution of volcanic ashes to the regional geochemical balance: The 2008 eruption of Chaitén volcano, Southern Chile

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 425, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-88

  Ruggieri, F ^a   Fernandez Turiel, J L ^a   Saavedra, J ^b   Gimeno, D ^c   Polanco, E ^d   Amigo, A ^e   Galindo, G ^f   Caselli, A ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Energia Andina SA   (Chile)

^e SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Batch leaching; Chait n; Column leaching; Trace elements; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

BATCH LEACHING; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; COLUMN LEACHING; CRISTOBALITES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FAST DISSOLUTIONS; FINE-GRAINED COMPONENTS; GEOCHEMICAL HAZARD; GLASS DISSOLUTION; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MASS BALANCE; RAPID SCREENING; RHYOLITIC; TOXIC TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ASH;

CESIUM; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; LEAD; MANGANESE; RUBIDIUM; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCONIUM;

VOLCANOES;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; BARIUM; CERIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; GALLIUM; IRON; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CRISTOBALITE; DISSOLUTION; MASS BALANCE; RHYOLITE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLEACHING; CHILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAIN; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SURFACE PROPERTY; VOLCANIC ASH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHAITEN VOLCANO; CHILE; LOS LAGOS; SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 84859938294     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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