Publication Date:
2017-04-04
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Lake Albano is situated in the Colli Albani volcanic district, about 20 km SE of the city
centre of Rome. It is 287 m above sea level and is the deepest of the volcanic crater lakes of Italy,
presently being 167 m deep. It is 3.5 km long and 2.3 km wide with an area of about 6 km2. The
crater has a long history, which starts with the formation of the Albano crater c. 70 ka BP, and
shows evidence of human settlements since pre-historical times. Geological evidence indicates
that a catastrophic overflow of the lake occurred in 398 BCE due to a rapid increase in the
water level. This phenomenon persuaded the Romans to excavate an artificial outlet though the
crater wall to control the lake level. The lake is thought to be a hazard for the surrounding
human settlements and the city of Rome, so high-resolution multibeam bathymetry of Lake
Albano was carried out for the Italian Dipartimento della Protezione Civile in order to evaluate
the potential for CO2 storage and eruption from the lake. The shape of the crater floor was
mapped in two and three dimensions. Here, we show the main submerged morphological features
and a brief history of the changes in lake level, which still affect the basin today.
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Published
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229-244
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1.3. TTC - Sorveglianza geodetica delle aree vulcaniche attive
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reserved
Keywords:
Lake Albano
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MB bathymetry
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04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.99. General or miscellaneous
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
book chapter
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