Geochemical and isotopic changes in the fumarolic and submerged gas discharges during the 2011-2012 unrest at Santorini caldera (Greece)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Tassi, F ^a,b   Vaselli, O ^a,b   Papazachos, C B ^c   Giannini, L ^a   Chiodini, G ^d   Vougioukalakis, G E ^e   Karagianni, E ^c   Vamvakaris, D ^c   Panagiotopoulos, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fluid geochemistry; Geochemical monitoring; Santorini Island; Seismic crisis

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATE; DEFORMATION; FUMAROLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; REACTION KINETICS; SEISMOTECTONICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SANTORINI [SOUTHERN AEGEAN]; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

PALEA;

EID: 84875192320     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-013-0711-8     Document Type: Article

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