Latera Puzzolaie (Lazio, Italy)

Latera degassing area

Type: Soil Diffuse Emission
Description: Diffuse gas emission from a large area including at least tree main gas manifestations (Puzzolaie, Sulphur mine, Pod. Cercone). In the area an abandoned geothermal power plant is present.


Point of contact for this site:
Maria Luisa Carapezza, marialuisa.carapezza@ingv.it (INGV)
Giovanni Chiodini, giovanni.chiodini@ingv.it (INGV)

Number of measurements: 2
Measurement date (d/m/y) Added by Added on
Latera Puzzolaie_070720057/7/2005 Emanuela Bagnato Oct. 11, 2014
Latera Puzzolaie_011020031/10/2003 Emanuela Bagnato Jan. 11, 2017


Bibliographic references for this site

Chiodini G., 1994,Temperature, pressure and redox conditions governing the composition of the cold CO2 gases discharged in north Latium (Central Italy)., Applied Geochemistry, vol.9, n.3, pp. 287-295


Duchi V., Matassoni L., Tassi F., Nisi B., 2003,Studio geochimico dei fluidi (acque e gas) circolanti nella regione vulcanica dei M.ti Vulsini (Italia Centrale)., Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, vol.122, n.1, pp. 47-61


Duchi V., Minissale A.A., Ortino S., Romani L., 1987,Geothermal prospecting by geochemical methods on natural gas and water discharges in the vulsini mts volcanic district (central Italy)., Geothermics, vol.16, n.2, pp. 147-157


Minissale A., Evans W. C., Magro G. Vaselli O. , 1997,Multiple source components in gas manifestations from north-central Italy, Chemical Geology, vol.142, n.3-4, pp. 175-192


Minissale A., Magro G., Vaselli O., Verrucchi C., Perticone I., 1997,Geochemistry of water and gas discharges from the Mt. Amiata silicic complex and surrounding areas (central Italy)., Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol.79, n.3-4, pp. 223-251


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