Environmental and social aspects of geothermal energy in Italy

A Manzella, R Bonciani, A Allansdottir, S Botteghi… - Geothermics, 2018 - Elsevier
Geothermal plants have been producing power in Italy for more than a century. Since local
opposition to geothermal development is often fuelled by incomplete and inaccurate …

Groundwater contamination studies by environmental isotopes: a review

B Nisi, B Raco, E Dotsika - Threats to the Quality of Groundwater …, 2016 - Springer
Water demand for urban, industrial, and agricultural purposes is a major concern in
developed and third world countries. A careful evaluation for an appropriate and sustainable …

Is compositional data analysis a way to see beyond the illusion?

A Buccianti - Computers & geosciences, 2013 - Elsevier
Notwithstanding the numerous contributions that have been published on theoretical and
practical aspects of the management of compositional (constrained) data during the last …

A new map of the lava flow field of Nyamulagira (DR Congo) from satellite imagery

B Smets, C Wauthier, N d'Oreye - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2010 - Elsevier
Nyamulagira (3058m asl), a volcano of the Virunga volcanic province in the western branch
of the East African Rift, is Africa's most active volcano with one eruption every 2–4years. It …

Distribution of gaseous Hg in the Mercury mining district of Mt. Amiata (Central Italy): A geochemical survey prior the reclamation project

O Vaselli, P Higueras, B Nisi, JM Esbrí, J Cabassi… - Environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mt. Amiata volcano is the youngest and largest volcanic edifice in Tuscany
(central-northern Italy) and is characterized by a geothermal field, exploited for the …

Geological, hydrodynamic and geochemical features of the volcanic aquifer of Mt. Amiata (Tuscany, central Italy): an overview

M Doveri, B Nisi, A Cerrina Feroni, A Ellero… - Acta …, 2012 - torrossa.com
Abstract The Mt. Amiata Volcano represents the biggest and youngest volcano in Tuscany
(Central Italy), whose products are mainly consisting of dacitic, rhyodacitic and olivine-latitic …

Geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes of Monte Amiata Volcano, Central Italy: evidence for magma mixing between high-K calc-alkaline and leucititic mantle-derived …

S Conticelli, E Boari, L Burlamacchi… - Italian Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Monte Amiata is a small volcano composed by trachytic to olivine latitic lava flows and
domes emplaced in a very short time between 305 and 231 ka. The main petrographic …

A new approach for the measurement of gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) and H2S in air from anthropogenic and natural sources: examples from Mt. Amiata (Siena …

J Cabassi, F Tassi, S Venturi, S Calabrese… - Journal of geochemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Real-time measurements of GEM and H 2 S discharged from natural and anthropogenic
sources are a valuable tool to investigate the dispersion dynamics of these contaminants in …

Tree rings record of long-term atmospheric hg pollution in the monte amiata mining district (Central Italy): lessons from the past for a better future

S Fornasaro, F Ciani, A Nannoni, G Morelli, V Rimondi… - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Trees may represent useful long-term monitors of historical trends of atmospheric pollution
due to the trace elements stored along the tree rings caused by modifications in the …

Dry gas vents (“mazuku”) in Goma region (North-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo): Formation and risk assessment

B Smets, D Tedesco, F Kervyn, A Kies, O Vaselli… - Journal of African Earth …, 2010 - Elsevier
The word “mazuku” in Swahili means “evil wind”. It corresponds to lowland (depressions)
where carbon dioxide is released and, being heavier than air, accumulates at high–often …