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| Titel |
Monitoring crustal changes at volcanoes by seismic noise interferometry: Mt. Etna case of study |
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Andrea Cannata, Flavio Cannavò, Placido Montalto, Maurizio Ercoli, Paolo Mancinelli, Cristina Pauselli, Giuseppe Leto |
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EGU General Assembly 2017
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| Sprache |
en
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 19 (2017) |
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250138640
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2017-1726.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| In this work, we analysed the seismic noise recorded at Mt. Etna by 18 stations during the interval 2007-2015 in the frequency band 0.1-0.3 Hz, chosen to avoid contamination from volcanic tremor. Variations in time of medium seismic velocity in the range -0.8 to 0.8% were found, mostly affecting the stations located on the volcano flanks. Based on the investigated frequency content, the maximum depth of the Δv/v changes was estimated equal to ~4.5-6.5 km. To identify the source mechanism of the observed medium changes, the variations were quantitatively compared by Wavelet Transform Coherence with volcano-tectonic and meteorological parameters. A significant relationship with meteorological parameters with seasonal periodicity (especially air temperature and snow loading) was found, probably caused by thermo-elastic strain and increasing-decreasing surface loading cycles. Moreover, a sharp medium velocity decrease, taking place in mid-December 2009 and clearly time-related to the main volcano-tectonic strain release phenomenon of the investigated period, was also found. Such a velocity decrease was interpreted as resulting from ascent of fluids and gas exsolution taking place at the same time as the volcano-tectonic swarm. |
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