Publication Date:
2017-04-04
Description:
Since the early ’70s vertical ground movements at Mount Vesuvius area have been investigated and monitored by the Osservatorio Vesuviano (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica Vulcanologia - Osservatorio Vesuviano since 2001). This monitoring began with the installation of a high-precision
leveling line in the region at medium-high elevations on the volcano. The deformation pattern and expected strain field assessment methods in the volcanic structure induced by inner sources has demanded in subsequent
years the expansion of the leveling network up to cover the whole volcanic area, enclosing part of leveling lines of other institutions. As a result of this expansion, the Mt. Vesuvius Area Leveling Network (VALN) has today reached a length of about 270 km and consists of 359 benchmarks. It is configured in 21 circuits and is connected, westward, to the Campi Flegrei leveling network and, northward, to the Campania Plain leveling network. The data collected have been carefully re-analyzed for random
and systematic errors and for error propagation along the leveling lines to
identify the areas affected by significant ground movements. For each survey,
the data were rigorously adjusted and vertical ground movements were evaluated by differentiating the heights calculated by the various measurements conducted by the Osservatorio Vesuviano from 1973 to 2009.
Description:
Published
Description:
S0451
Description:
1IT. Reti di monitoraggio e Osservazioni
Description:
JCR Journal
Description:
open
Keywords:
ground deformation
;
precision leveling
;
precision leveling
;
Mount Vesuvius
;
04. Solid Earth::04.03. Geodesy::04.03.06. Measurements and monitoring
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
