Etna Paternò area (Sicily, Italy)
Landscape view of Mt. Etna from Paternò area (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: | Area characterized by an intence soil diffuse emission and the presence of three mud volcanoes discharging large amounts of gaes with high CO2 contents. |
Point of contact for this site:
Marco Camarda, m.camarda@pa.ingv.it (INGV)
Bibliographic references for this site
Camarda, M., De Gregorio, S., Gurrieri, S., 2012,Magma-ascent processes during 2005–2009 at Mt Etna inferred by soil CO2 emissions in peripheral areas of teh volcano, Chemical Geology, vol.330-331, pp. 218-227, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.08.024
