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| Titel |
Science development on volcanology flawed by the Spanish IGN |
| VerfasserIn |
Nemesio M. Pérez, Hans-Ulrich Schmincke |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2016
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| Medientyp |
Artikel
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| Sprache |
en
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PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 18 (2016) |
| Datensatznummer |
250130165
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2016-10379.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Scientists performing research activities in the field of volcanology, related more specifically
to volcano monitoring in the Canary Islands, recently discovered that not all seismic events
that occurred in the country had been listed in the Spanish National Seismic Catalogue and its
related data base. The National Geographic Institute (IGN) is the legal Spanish institution
in-charge of the National Seismic Catalogue, together with volcanic surveillance in Spain. It
was therefore a huge surprise to discover that the number of seismic events registered in and
around Tenerife Island in 2010, and according to the national catalogue, was only
approximately 60, while the real number of seismic events recorded by the IGN in the region
was 1,176. The existence of two different accounts of seismic activity registered
by the IGN in and around Tenerife Island, keeping one for the public eye, while
hiding the other one from even the scientific community, is not only illegal but also
unscientific, hindering the progress of science. In addition, most importantly it is
detrimental for timely forecasting of sudden/instantaneous dynamic events, such as
major earthquakes and/or volcanic eruptions which might spell disaster for the
population, the economy of the island, and severely impact tourism. This unethical
behaviour by IGN’s volcanological staff has already caused damage to open scientific
discussions; a key parameter for scientific development. A scientific contribution was
recently published using data from 15 years of research on diffuse CO2 emission
monitoring from the summit cone of Teide volcano (Pérez et al., 2013). The seismic data
that was used to discuss the observed temporal variations of the degassing pattern
from Teide volcano came from the National Seismic Catalogue. In contrast it is
obvious that the observed variations on diffuse CO2 emission from Teide volcano
from 1997 to 2011 provided a better scientific explanation when using the real
seismic data that had been concealed for several years by IGN’s volcanological
staff.
References
Pérez et al., 2013. J. Geol. Soc., DOI: 10.1144/jgs2012-125. |
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