Pressurization and depressurization phases inside the plumbing system of Mount Etna volcano: Evidence from a multiparametric approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5965-5982

  Cannata, Andrea ^a   Spedalieri, Giancarlo ^b   Behncke, Boris ^a   Cannavò, Flavio ^a   Di Grazia, Giuseppe ^a   Gambino, Salvatore ^a   Gresta, Stefano ^b   Gurrieri, Sergio ^c   Liuzzo, Marco ^c   Palano, Mimmo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CO2 degassing; inflation and deflation phenomena; Mount Etna; multiparametric approach; plumbing system; volcano seismology

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRATER; DEGASSING; LAVA FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84945458799     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012227     Document Type: Article

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