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dc.contributor.authorall | Bellomo, S.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia | en |
dc.contributor.authorall | Aiuppa, A.; Università di Palermo, Dipartimento CFTA | en |
dc.contributor.authorall | D'Alessandro, W.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia | en |
dc.contributor.authorall | Parello, F.; Università di Palermo, Dipartimento CFTA | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-11-07T15:52:50Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2007-11-07T15:52:50Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2007-08-15 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2122/2770 | en |
dc.description.abstract | The sustained and uninterrupted plume degassing at Mount Etna volcano, Southern Italy, represents the troposphere’s most prominent natural source of fluorine. Of the ~ 200 Mg of fluorine (as HFg) emitted daily by the volcano, 1.6±2.7 Mg are deposited by wet and dry deposition. Fluorine-deposition via volcanic ash, here characterised for the first time, can be quite significant during volcanic eruptions (i.e. 60 Mg of fluorine were deposited during the 2001 eruption through volcanic ash, corresponding to ~ 85% of the total fluorine deposition). Despite the fact that these depositions are huge, the fate of the deposited fluorine and its impact on the environment are poorly understood. We herein present original data on fluorine abundance in vegetation (Castanea Sativa and Pinus Nigra) and andosoils from the volcano’s flank, in the attempt to reveal the potential impact of volcanogenic fluorine emissions. Fluorine contents in chestnut leaves and pine needles are in the range 1.8-35 µg/g and 2.1-74 µg/g respectively; they exceed the typical background concentrations in plants growing in rural areas, but fall within the lower range of typical concentrations in plants growing near high fluorine anthropogenic emission sources. The rare plume fumigations on the lower flanks of Mt Etna (distance > 4 km from summit craters) are probably the cause of the “undisturbed” nature of Etnean vegetation: climatic conditions, which limit the growth of vegetation on the upper regione deserta, are a natural limit to the development of more severe impacts. High fluorine contents, associated with visible symptoms, were only measured in pine needles at three sites, located near recently-active (2001 to 2003) lateral eruptive fractures. Total fluorine contents (FTOT) in the Etnean soils have a range of 112-341 µg/g, and fall within the typical range of undisturbed soils; fluorine extracted with distilled water (FH2O) have a range of 5.1 to 61 µg/g and accounts for 2-40 % of FTOT. FH2O is higher in topsoils from the eastern flank (downwind), while it decreases with depth in soil profiles and on increasing soil grain size (thereby testifying to its association with clay-mineral-rich, fine soil fractions). The fluorine adsorption capacity of the andosoils acts as a natural barrier that protects the groundwater system. | en |
dc.language.iso | English | en |
dc.publisher.name | Elsevier | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 1-2 / 165 (2007) | en |
dc.subject | Mt. Etna | en |
dc.subject | Fluorine | en |
dc.subject | environmental volcanology | en |
dc.subject | impact of volcanic F | en |
dc.subject | soils | en |
dc.subject | vegetation | en |
dc.subject | volcanic ash | en |
dc.title | Environmental impact of magmatic fluorine emission in the Mt. Etna area | en |
dc.type | article | en |
dc.description.status | Published | en |
dc.type.QualityControl | Peer-reviewed | en |
dc.description.pagenumber | 87-101 | en |
dc.identifier.URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03770273 | en |
dc.subject.INGV | 01. Atmosphere::01.01. Atmosphere::01.01.07. Volcanic effects | en |
dc.subject.INGV | 03. Hydrosphere::03.03. Physical::03.03.01. Air/water/earth interactions | en |
dc.subject.INGV | 04. Solid Earth::04.02. Exploration geophysics::04.02.01. Geochemical exploration | en |
dc.subject.INGV | 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.12. Fluid Geochemistry | en |
dc.subject.INGV | 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.01. Gases | en |
dc.subject.INGV | 05. General::05.08. Risk::05.08.01. Environmental risk | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.04.013 | en |
dc.description.obiettivoSpecifico | 1.2. TTC - Sorveglianza geochimica delle aree vulcaniche attive | en |
dc.description.obiettivoSpecifico | 4.5. Degassamento naturale | en |
dc.description.journalType | JCR Journal | en |
dc.description.fulltext | reserved | en |
dc.contributor.author | Bellomo, S. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Aiuppa, A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | D'Alessandro, W. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Parello, F. | en |
dc.contributor.department | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia | en |
dc.contributor.department | Università di Palermo, Dipartimento CFTA | en |
dc.contributor.department | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia | en |
item.openairetype | article | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.grantfulltext | restricted | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia | - |
crisitem.author.dept | Università di Palermo, DiSTeM, Italy | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0002-0254-6539 | - |
crisitem.author.orcid | 0000-0003-1724-0388 | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | - |
crisitem.author.parentorg | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | - |
crisitem.classification.parent | 01. Atmosphere | - |
crisitem.classification.parent | 03. Hydrosphere | - |
crisitem.classification.parent | 04. Solid Earth | - |
crisitem.classification.parent | 04. Solid Earth | - |
crisitem.classification.parent | 04. Solid Earth | - |
crisitem.classification.parent | 05. General | - |
crisitem.department.parentorg | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | - |
crisitem.department.parentorg | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | - |
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