Sudden deep gas eruption nearby Rome's airport of Fiumicino

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5632-5636

  Ciotoli, Giancarlo ^a,d   Etiope, Giuseppe ^b,c   Florindo, Fabio ^b   Marra, Fabrizio ^b   Ruggiero, Livio ^d   Sauer, Peter E ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

deep CO2; geothermal gas; thermogenic CH4; Tiber river delta

Indexed keywords

DEEP CO2; INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; PERMEABLE LAYERS; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; RIVER DELTAS; THERMOGENIC CH4; VOLCANIC DISTRICT;

AIRPORTS; BUILDINGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HAZARDS; VOLCANOES;

GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HOLOCENE; MAGMATISM; METHANE; PERMEABILITY; PLIOCENE;

ITALY; TIBER BASIN;

EID: 84887518373     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058132     Document Type: Article

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