Carbon Dioxide and Water Played Key Role in Historic Mount Etna Eruption

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The plumbing systems of volcanos are vast and complex. But they aren’t consistent, even in the same volcano.

The plumbing systems of volcanos are vast and complex. But they aren’t consistent, even in the same volcano.

A Cornell-led collaboration found very different mechanisms behind two historic eruptions of Mount Etna in Italy. Understanding these dynamics – combined with the techniques that revealed them – can help geologists assess the risk of future eruptions.

The findings published June 2 in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. The first author is former postdoctoral researcher Maxim Gavrilenko.

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