Geochemical characterization of the Lake “Specchio di Venere”, Pantelleria island, Italy.

A coupled geophysical and geochemical approach to the study of buried degassing structures on mt. Etna

Atmospheric Impacts of Volcanic Volatiles: Trace Elements in Bulk Deposition at Mount Etna (Italy)

Survey on fluoride, bromide and chloride contents in public5 drinking water supplies in Sicily (Italy)

Volcanic soils of Mt. Etna (Italy): Relationships between fluorine absorption and soil characteristics.

Environmental impact of magmatic fluorine emission in the Mt. Etna area

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 he…

The environmental impact of magmatic fluorine emissions in the Mt.Etna area.