Publication Date:
2021-12-15
Description:
Italy's Mt.Vesuvius has been slumbering for a long time, but its silence could preface an eruption with potentially disastrous effects for 600,000 people living on the volcano's slopes. To assess the scenario of the next eruption, the National Group of Vol-canology (GNV) of the Italian National Council of Researches (CNR) has fostered research aimed at mitigating eruption risk to the densely populated area. In this framework, researchers have gathered high-resolution seismic tomography data to better understand the internal structure of Mt. Vesuvius. The experiments were carried out during the last 4 years. The data will be used in three-dimensional modeling of the structure of Mt. Vesuvius and underlying upper crust. Seismic velocities and attenuation and density contrasts will be calculated, with special emphasis on the delineation of significant magma reservoirs of more than 1 km in diameter. In modeling Mt. Vesuvius, tools are being developed for using seismogram information to obtain high-quality seismic imaging of heterogeneous structures such as volcanoes
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Published
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229-230, 232
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2V. Struttura e sistema di alimentazione dei vulcani
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N/A or not JCR
Keywords:
Tomography
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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