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New chemical and isotope data for 74 groundwater samples from the south- western slopes of Mt. Etna are presented. The processes responsible for the considerable chemical heterogeneity displayed by groundwaters were identified through factor analysis and by the use of mass balance calculations. A general hydrogeochemical model, concerning the interactions between the shallow volcanic aquifer, deep magma-derived fluids and the underlain sedimentary sequence, is also provided.
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Aiuppa, A., Brusca, L., D’Alessandro, W., Giammanco, S., Parello, F. (2002). A Case Study of Gas-Water-Rock Interaction in a Volcanic Aquifer: The South-Western Flank of Mt. Etna (Sicily). In: Stober, I., Bucher, K. (eds) Water-Rock Interaction. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0438-1_5
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