Publication Date:
2017-04-04
Description:
Shallow submarine gas vents in Levante Bay, Vulcano Island (Italy), emit around 3.6t CO2 per day providing
a natural laboratory for the study of biogeochemical processes related to seabed CO2 leaks and ocean
acidification. The main physico-chemical parameters (T, pH and Eh) were measured at more than 70 stations
with 40 seawater samples were collected for chemical analyses. The main gas vent area had high
concentrations of dissolved hydrothermal gases, low pH and negative redox values all of which returned
to normal seawater values at distances of about 400 m from the main vents. Much of the bay around the
vents is corrosive to calcium carbonate; the north shore has a gradient in seawater carbonate chemistry
that is well suited to studies of the effects of long-term increases in CO2 levels. This shoreline lacks toxic
compounds (such as H2S) and has a gradient in carbonate saturation states.
Description:
Published
Description:
485–494
Description:
4.5. Studi sul degassamento naturale e sui gas petroliferi
Description:
JCR Journal
Description:
restricted
Keywords:
ocean acidification
;
carbon capture and storage
;
marine geochemistry
;
carbonate saturation state
;
volcanic vents
;
carbon dioxide
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03. Hydrosphere::03.04. Chemical and biological::03.04.01. Biogeochemical cycles
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03. Hydrosphere::03.04. Chemical and biological::03.04.02. Carbon cycling
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03. Hydrosphere::03.04. Chemical and biological::03.04.03. Chemistry of waters
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03. Hydrosphere::03.04. Chemical and biological::03.04.04. Ecosystems
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03. Hydrosphere::03.04. Chemical and biological::03.04.05. Gases
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03. Hydrosphere::03.04. Chemical and biological::03.04.06. Hydrothermal systems
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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