Publication Date:
2017-04-04
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In 2007-2008, we installed on Mt. Etna two deep tilt stations using
high resolution, self-leveling instruments. These installations are a result
of accurate instrument tests, site selection, drilling and sensor positioning
that has allowed detecting variations related to the principal diurnal and
semidiurnal tides for first time on Mt. Etna using tilt data.
We analyzed the tidal effects recorded on tilt signals and we removed
tidal effects from signals, thereby allowing to detect changes of about
20 nrad with a considerable improvement in respect to the previous
installation.
Tilt changes have accompanied the Mt. Etna main eruptive phases and
are generally related to the rapid rise of magma and formation of dikes and
eruptive fissures. However, tilt changes may characterize lava fountains,
earthquakes, and inflation-deflation phases.
The 2008-2009 eruption represents an example of the potential of
the tiltmeters we used, which provides new perspectives for highly precise
monitoring of ground deformation on volcanoes.
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Published
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618-632
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1.3. TTC - Sorveglianza geodetica delle aree vulcaniche attive
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JCR Journal
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reserved
Keywords:
tilt borehole tiltmeter, Earth tides, Mt. Etna, volcanic signals
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04. Solid Earth::04.03. Geodesy::04.03.06. Measurements and monitoring
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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