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  • 05. General::05.08. Risk::05.08.01. Environmental risk  (4)
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • GRAFIMA Publ., Thessaloniki, Greece  (2)
  • DTA-CNR  (1)
  • American Institute of Physics (AIP)
  • MDPI Publishing
  • Public Library of Science
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    Multiple Sclerosis in the Mount Etna Region: Possible Role of Volcanogenic Trace Elements (2014)
    Public Library of Science
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    Publication Date: 2017-04-04
    Description: Background: Trace elements have been hypothesised to be involved in the pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis and volcanic degassing is the major natural sources of trace elements. Both incidence of Multiple Sclerosis in Catania and volcanic activity of Mount Etna have been significantly increased during the last 30 years. Due to prevailing trade winds direction, volcanic gases from Etna summit craters are mostly blown towards the eastern and southern sectors of the volcano. Objective: To evaluate the possible association between Multiple Sclerosis and exposure to volcanogenic trace elements. Methods: We evaluated prevalence and incidence of Multiple Sclerosis in four communities (47,234 inhabitants) located in the eastern flank and in two communities (52,210 inhabitants) located in the western flank of Mount Etna, respectively the most and least exposed area to crater gas emissions. Results: A higher prevalence was found in the population of the eastern flank compared to the population of the western one (137.6/100,000 versus 94.3/100,000; p-value 0.04). We found a borderline significantly higher incidence risk during the incidence study period (1980–2009) in the population of the eastern flank 4.6/100,000 (95% CI 3.1–5.9), compared with the western population 3.2/100,000 (95% CI 2.4–4.2) with a RR of 1.41 (95% CI 0.97–2.05; p-value 0.06). Incidence risks have increased over the time in both populations reaching a peak of 6.4/100,000 in the eastern flank and of 4.4/100.000 in the western flank during 2000–2009. Conclusion: We found a higher prevalence and incidence of Multiple Sclerosis among populations living in the eastern flank of Mount Etna. According to our data a possible role of TE cannot be ruled out as possible co-factor in the MS pathogenesis. However larger epidemiological study are needed to confirm this hypothesis.
    Description: Published
    Description: e74259
    Description: 6A. Monitoraggio ambientale, sicurezza e territorio
    Description: JCR Journal
    Description: open
    Keywords: Mt. Etna volcano ; Multiple Sclerosis ; trace elements ; volcanic activity ; 05. General::05.08. Risk::05.08.01. Environmental risk
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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    Tsunami Early Warning System: Deep Sea Measurements in the Source Area (2012)
    DTA-CNR
    In:  [1] E. Boschi, E. Guidoboni, G. Ferrari, G. Valensise, and P. Gasperini. Catalogue of the strong earthquakes in Italy from 461 BC to 1990. 1997. [2] NGDC Tsunami Catalog. web site: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/tsu db.shtml. 2009. [3] E.A. Okal, P.J. Alasset, O. Hyvernaud, and F. Schindele. The deficient T waves of tsunami earthquakes. Geophys. J. Int.l, 152(2):416–432, 2003. [4] C. Lomnitz and S. Nilsen-Hofseth. The indian ocean disaster: Tsunami physics and early warning dilemmas. EOS Trans. AGU, 86:65–70, 2005. [5] C. Meinig, S.E. Stalin, A.I. Nakamura, F. Gonzlez, , and H.G. Milburn. Technology Developments in Real-Time Tsunami Measuring, Monitoring and Forecasting. In Oceans 2005 MTS/IEEE, September 2005, Washington, D.C., 2005. [6] K. Kawaguchi, K. Hirata, T. Nishida, S. Obana, and H. Mikada. A new approach for mobile and expandable real time deep seafloor observation -Adaptable Observation System. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 27:182–192, 2002. [7] A. Rudloff, J. Lauterjung, U. Muench, and S. Tinti. Preface ”The GITEWS Project (German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System)”. Nat Haz. & Earth Systs Sciences, 9(4):1381–1382, 2009. [8] J.H. Filloux. Tsunami recorded on the open ocean floor. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 13:783–796, 1982. [9] F. Chierici, L. Pignagnoli, , and D. Embriaco. Modeling of the hydroacoustic signal and tsunami wave generated by seafloor motion including a porous seabed. J. Geophys. Res., 115:C03015, 2010. [10] N. Zitellini, E. Gr`acia, L. Matias, P. Terrinha, M.A. Abreu, G. De Alteriis, J.P. Henriet, J.J. Da˜nobeitia, D.G. Masson, T. Mulder, R. Ramella, L. Somoza, and S. Diez. The Quest for the Africa-Eurasia plate boundary West of the Strait of Gibraltar. EPSL, 208:13–50, 2009. [11] C. DeMets, R.G. Gordon, D.F. Argus, and S. Stein. Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal time scale on estimates of current plate motions. Geophysical Research Letters, 21:2191–2194, 1994. [12] N. Zitellini, L. A. Mendes, D. Cordoba, J. Danobeitia, R. Nicolich, G. Pellis, and al. Source of 1755 Lisbon earthquake and tsunami investigated. EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 82(26):285, 2001. [13] N. Zitellini, M. Rovere, P. Terrinha, F. Chierici, L. Matias, and Bigset Team. Neogene through Quaternary Tectonic reactivation of SW Iberian Passive Margin. Pure Appl. Geophys., 161:565–585, 2004. [14] W.R. Peltier and C.O. Hines. On the possible detection of tsunamis by a monitoring of the ionosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research, 81:1995–2000, 1976. [15] J. Artru, V. Ducic, H. Kanamori, P. Lognonn´e, and M. Murakami. Ionospheric detection of gravity waves induced by tsunamis. Geophy. J. Int, 106:840–848, 2005. [16] M. Nosov, S. Kolesov, A. Denisova, A. Alekseev, and B. Levin. On the nearbottom pressure variations in the region of the 2003 Tokachi-Oki tsunami source. Oceanology, 47(1):26–32, 2007.
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    Publication Date: 2017-04-04
    Description: In the framework of the EU project NEAREST, a new Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS), able to operate in tsunami generation areas, was developed and installed in the Gulf of Cadiz. The TEWS is based on the abyssal station GEOSTAR, placed above a major tsunamigenic structure, and on three seismic centres of Portugal, Spain and Morocco. The core of the system is a tsunami detector installed onboard of GEOSTAR. The tsunami detector communicates with a surface buoy through a dual acoustic link. The buoy is connected to land stations via satellite link. The system was designed for near-field conditions and successfully operated from August 2007 to August 2008, 100 km SW of Cabo de Sao Vincente (Portugal). A new mission started on November 11th, 2009 in the same location. The tsunami detection is based either on pressure events either on seismic events. The bottom pressure data are analysed in real-time at the seafloor by a new tsunami detection algorithm, which can recognize tsunami waves as small as one centimetre. At the same time it was developed a new theoretical approach to account for tsunami generation in compressible water and in presence of a porous sediment. This model showed that hydro-acoustic waves, travelling much faster than the tsunami, are caused by the seafloor motion. These waves can propagate outside the generation area and are characterised by a modulation carrying valuable information on the seafloor motion, which can be recovered from their first arrival.
    Description: Published
    Description: 1749-1758
    Description: 1.8. Osservazioni di geofisica ambientale
    Description: N/A or not JCR
    Description: open
    Keywords: Tsunami Detection ; Early Warning ; Tsunami Generation ; 05. General::05.08. Risk::05.08.01. Environmental risk
    Repository Name: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
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    Fumarolic alteration products at Sousaki (Greece): occurrence and environmental impact (2009)
    GRAFIMA Publ., Thessaloniki, Greece
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    Publication Date: 2017-10-06
    Description: Fumarolic alteration crusts and efflorescences have been sampled at the Sousaki solfataric field. Samples have been analysed for mineralogical (XRD) and chemical composition (HNO3 digestion and leaching with distilled water). Results show that mineralogical and chemical compositions (major, minor and trace metals) are controlled by microenvironmental conditions. The sample collected in the anoxic part of a cave is composed almost exclusively by native sulfur. The samples collected in the oxidizing part of the cave and outside in relatively sheltered position are mainly composed by very soluble sulfates. Chemical composition evidence strong enrichments in Al, Ca, Cr, Fe, Mg and Ni which are present in highly soluble form and derive from the fumarolic alteration of the outcropping rocks (Marls and peridotites). One sample collected outside the cave, well exposed to atmospheric agents, is composed almost exclusively of gypsum and the chemical composition reveals, with respect to the previous samples, a relative enrichment of elements (Ba, Ca, K, Pb and Sr) forming less soluble sulfates. The presence of toxic metals like Al, Cr and Ni in high concentrations and highly soluble form evidences the potential impact of the fumarolic activity on the local environment.
    Description: Published
    Description: Myconos, Greece
    Description: 4.4. Scenari e mitigazione del rischio ambientale
    Description: open
    Keywords: Hydrothermal alteration products ; sulfates ; toxic metals ; elements’ mobility ; 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.05. Mineralogy and petrology ; 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.12. Fluid Geochemistry ; 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.01. Gases ; 05. General::05.02. Data dissemination::05.02.01. Geochemical data ; 05. General::05.08. Risk::05.08.01. Environmental risk
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    Fumarolic alteration products at Sousaki (Greece): occurrence and environmental impact (2009)
    GRAFIMA Publ., Thessaloniki, Greece
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    Publication Date: 2017-10-06
    Description: Sousaki (Corinthia, Greece), is a presently inactive volcanic area hosting a geothermal reservoir. Geothermal activity, still recognizable by a series of low temperature gas manifestation, is responsible of the widespread alteration of the outcropping rocks in the area. The main manifestations are hosted within caves whose walls are covered by alteration products in the form of crusts and efflorescences. This study presents the results of mineralogical and chemical analyses of the alteration products collected in the area. Leaching experiments with distilled water were also performed to get insights on the mobility of the elements incorporated in the alteration products. X-ray diffractometry allowed us to recognize a series of secondary minerals deriving from the alteration of the ophiolithic host rocks (altered peridotites to serpentinites) and whose composition depends mainly on the microenvironmental conditions in which they were formed. Elemental sulphur is the main mineral phase at the bottom of the caves where the atmosphere is anoxic. In the upper part of the caves, where oxygen is readily available, efflorescences are composed of many highly soluble acid sulphate minerals. In the oxidised part of the cave the stability of the mineral phases is mainly controlled by the relative humidity. The most hydrous mineral phases occur in the lower part of the cave, which is characterised by higher humidity values. Outside the caves highly soluble sulphates have been found in two samples collected in relatively sheltered position while a further sample collected outside the caves, but exposed to atmospheric agents, is composed almost exclusively by gypsum. Chemical analyses (ICP-MS after digestion with HNO3) revealed high contents of Al (up to 55,000 µg/g), Co (up to 655 µg/g), Cr (up to 7400 µg/g), Fe (up to 105,000 µg/g), Mg (up to 147,000 µg/g), Mn (up to 3700 µg/g) and Ni (up to 8800 µg/g) in the sample collected in the oxidised part of the caves. These strong enrichments confirm that the alteration products derive from the ophiolithic rocks. Leaching experiments evidenced the high mobility of these elements. Due to the extreme solubility of the mineral phases, on average between 70 and 94% of Al, Ca, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, Li, Mg, Mn, Ni, Rb, Sr, U and Zn is in water soluble form. On the contrary, As, B, Ba, K, Mo, Na, Pb and V display lower solubilities (4 – 56%). Toxic elements’ mobility, favoured by the strongly acidic environment of the fumarolic area, may have severe environmental consequences.
    Description: Published
    Description: Myconos, Greece
    Description: 4.4. Scenari e mitigazione del rischio ambientale
    Description: open
    Keywords: Hydrothermal alteration products ; sulfates ; toxic metals ; elements’ mobility ; 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.07. Rock geochemistry ; 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.12. Fluid Geochemistry ; 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.01. Gases ; 05. General::05.02. Data dissemination::05.02.01. Geochemical data ; 05. General::05.08. Risk::05.08.01. Environmental risk
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