Mt. Etna: Volcano Laboratory

Alessandro Bonaccorso

Wiley, Jan 9, 2004 - Nature - 369 pages

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 143.

For thousands of years man has marvelled at the gigantic structure that makes up Mt. Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, and has lived side by side with the mountain, which despite its intense eruptive activity has always been considered a “friendly giant.”
After the Second World War, with its frequent but non life-threatening eruptions, Mt. Etna represented an ideal location for volcanological research for the national and international scientific community. Numerous scientists from Belgium, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America have taken part in volcanological research aimed at understanding the volcano.

Contents

• Synthesis and Interpretation of Geological: 29
• Geological Evolution of Etna Volcano: 49
• A Comprehensive Model for the Opening: 65
• ka Tephrostratigraphic Record of Mount Etna: 77
• Petrology and Gas Geochemistry: 91
• Assessment of NonPoint Source Pollution in the 125 Space Weather Paul Song Howard J Singer: 108
• Volcanic Gas Emissions From the Summit Craters and Flanks of Mt Etna 19872000: 111
• The History and Dynamics of Global Plate Motions 139 Volcanism and the Earths Atmosphere Alan Robock: 121
• Relationships With the VolcanoTectonic: 129
• Seismology: 147
• State of the Art and Perspectives: 167
• Claudio Chiarabba Pasquale De Gori and Domenico Patanè: 191
• Constraints for a Seismotectonic Model: 205
• Gravity and Electromagnetism: 221
• Magnetic Field Monitoring at Mt Etna During the Last 20 Years: 241
• Magnetic Stratigraphy Procedures at Etna: 263
• Ground Deformation: 293
• Lesson Learned From 20 Years Experience at Mt Etna: 307
• Twelve Years of Ground Deformation Studies on Mt Etna Volcano Based on GPS Surveys: 321
• Lava Flow Simulation and Mitigation: 343
• The Control of Lava Flows at Mt Etna: 357

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mt. Etna: Volcano Laboratory; Issue 143 of AGU / geophysical monograph; Issue 143 of Geophysical Monograph Series, ISSN 0065-8448
• Editor: Alessandro Bonaccorso
• Publisher: Wiley, 2004
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Jun 15, 2009
• ISBN: 0875904084, 9780875904085
• Length: 369 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Earthquakes & Volcanoes; Science / Earth Sciences / General; Science / Earth Sciences / Geology; Science / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism