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Bubbling
Geochemical activity of "Salinelle dei Cappuccini o dello Stadio" mud volcanoes located in the periphery of Paternò, Catania, Sicily.
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The Salinelle are surface expression of over-pressured sedimentary fluids in the clayey sediments typical of a compressive tectonic settings. The emitted fluids, which are, in such geodynamic context, generally composed by hydrocarbons (mainly methane - CH4) and salty water variably charged with mud, are in the studied area slightly thermalized and contamined by magmatic gases (mainly carbon dioxide - CO2) of the nearby active volcanic system of Mt. Etna.
SOURCE: "Are the Salinelle mud volcanoes threatening human health or are anthropogenic activities threatening the Salinelle mud volcanoes? A comment on “Trace element biomonitoring using mosses in urban areas affected by mud volcanoes around Mt. Etna. The case of the Salinelle, Italy” by Bonanno et al.
Bubbling
Geochemical activity of "Salinelle dei Cappuccini o dello Stadio" mud volcanoes located in the periphery of Paternò, Catania, Sicily.
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The Salinelle are surface expression of over-pressured sedimentary fluids in the clayey sediments typical of a compressive tectonic settings. The emitted fluids, which are, in such geodynamic context, generally composed by hydrocarbons (mainly methane - CH4) and salty water variably charged with mud, are in the studied area slightly thermalized and contamined by magmatic gases (mainly carbon dioxide - CO2) of the nearby active volcanic system of Mt. Etna.
SOURCE: "Are the Salinelle mud volcanoes threatening human health or are anthropogenic activities threatening the Salinelle mud volcanoes? A comment on “Trace element biomonitoring using mosses in urban areas affected by mud volcanoes around Mt. Etna. The case of the Salinelle, Italy” by Bonanno et al.