Etna Pescherìa (Sicily, Italy)
Paternò landscape (Image credits: www.bandw.it).
| Volcano: | Etna (see Etna at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Soil Diffuse Emission |
| Description: | Soil diffuse emission with high CO2 concentrations and salt deposition in the subsurface, causing poor plant growth and evenabsence of vegetation. Although no mud volcanoes are present in this area, some traces of sporadic emission of salty waters were observed in the past. |
Point of contact for this site:
Salvatore Giammanco, salvatore.giammanco@ct.ingv.it (INGV, Catania)
| Measurement | date (d/m/y) | Added by | Added on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etna Pescherìa_092005 | None/9/2005 | Emanuela Bagnato | Dec. 2, 2013 |
Bibliographic references for this site
Giammanco, S., Parello, F., Gambardella, B., Schifano, R., Pizzullo, S., Galante, G., 2007,Focused and diffuse effluxes of CO2 from mud volcanoes and mofettes south of Mt. Etna (Italy), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol.165, n.n.d., pp. 46-63, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.04.010
