Lago di Venere (Sicily, Italy)
Lake of Venus, Pantelleria island (Image credits: Giovannella Pecoraino).
| Volcano: | Pantelleria island (see Pantelleria island at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Soil Diffuse Emission |
| Description: | Soil diffuse emissions close to Lake of Venus, a volcanic lake in Pantelleria island.Lake SV is fed by thermal springs that discharge at the stand line. The springs are gaseous, with CO2 as the major constituent (~98 vol.%) and minor amounts of N2, O2, Ar, CH4, H2 and He. The PCO2 of the lake water is in excess of the atmospheric value, so that there is a continuous loss of CO2 fromthe lake surface through bubbling. |
Point of contact for this site:
Domenico Granieri, granieri@pi.ingv.it (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Pisa)
Giovannella Pecoraino, g.pecoraino@pa.ingv.it (INGV)
| Measurement | date (d/m/y) | Added by | Added on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake SV_14072014 | 14/7/2014 | Emanuela Bagnato | Nov. 16, 2016 |
| Lago di Venere_23091998 | 23/9/1998 | Emanuela Bagnato | Dec. 4, 2013 |
Bibliographic references for this site
Favara, R., Giammanco, S., Inguaggiato, S., Pecoraino, G., 2001,Preliminary estimate of CO2 output from Pantelleria Island volcano (Sicily, Italy): evidence of active mantle degassing, Applied Geochemistry, vol.16, n.n.a., pp. 883-894
Granieri Domenico, Giovanni Chiodini, Rosario Avino, Stefano Caliro, 2014,Carbon dioxide emission and heat release estimation for Pantelleria Island (Sicily, Italy), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol.275, pp. 22-23, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.02.011
