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Statistics of seismicity to investigate the Campi Flegrei caldera unrest
- Source :
- Scientific Reports, Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The knowledge of the dynamic of the Campi Flegrei calderic system is a primary goal to mitigate the volcanic risk in one of the most densely populated volcanic areas in the world. From 1950 to 1990 Campi Flegrei suffered three bradyseismic crises with a total uplift of 4.3 m. After 20 years of subsidence, the uplift started again in 2005 accompained by a low increment of the seismicity rate. In 2012 an increment in the seismic energy release and a variation in the gas composition of the fumaroles of Solfatara (in the central area of the caldera) were recorded. Since then, a slow and progressive increase in phenomena continued until today. We analyze the INGV - Osservatorio Vesuviano seismic catalogue of Campi Flegrei from 2000 to 2020 in order to look for any variation in the seismic parameters and compare them with geochemical monitored ones. A remarkable correlation between independent variables of earthquake cumulative number, CO/CO2 values and vertical ground deformation reveals a likely common origin. Moreover the correlation between all the variables here analysed enlightens that the same origin can cause the temporal behavior of all these variables. We interpret the seismological, geochemical and geodetic observable in terms of the injection of magmatic fluids into the hydrothermal system or its pressurization.
- Subjects :
- geography
Multidisciplinary
geography.geographical_feature_category
Solid Earth sciences
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Campi Flegrei calderic system, seismic activity, parameter correlations
Science
Natural hazards
Seismic energy
Subsidence
Induced seismicity
Unrest
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
Volcanic risk
Fumarole
Article
Volcano
Medicine
Caldera
Geology
Seismology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports, Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b35d32b89a4c40e8724886ce1928310c