Diffusive helium emissions as a precursory sign of volcanic unrest

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 539-542

  Padrón, Eleazar ^a,b   Pérez, Nemesio M ^a,b   Hernández, Pedro A ^a,b   Sumino, Hirochika ^c   Melián, Gladys V ^a,b   Barrancos, José ^a,b   Nolasco, Dácil ^a,b   Padilla, Germán ^a,b   Dionis, Samara ^a,b   Rodríguez, Fátima ^a,b   Hernández, Íñigo ^a,b   Calvo, David ^a,b   Peraza, María D ^a,b   Nagao, Keisuke ^c  

^a Instituto Tecnologico y de Enegias Renovables   (Spain)

^b 35   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANARY ISLANDS; DISSOLVED GAS; HELIUM EMISSIONS; MAGMA BODIES; SEISMIC ENERGY RELEASE; VERTICAL PERMEABILITIES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC UNREST;

GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

VOLCANOES;

DISSOLVED GAS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMA; PERMEABILITY; SOIL EMISSION; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CANARY ISLANDS; HIERRO; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN;

EID: 84874748777     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34027.1     Document Type: Article

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