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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-3407-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-3407-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
The mud volcanoes at Santa Barbara and Aragona (Sicily, Italy): a contribution to risk assessment
Alessandro Gattuso
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Palermo, sede Operativa di Milazzo (ME), via dei Mille 46, 98065 Milazzo, Italy
Sezione INGV di Palermo, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Francesco Italiano
Sezione INGV di Palermo, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Giorgio Capasso
Sezione INGV di Palermo, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Antonino D'Alessandro
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Palermo, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Fausto Grassa
Sezione INGV di Palermo, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Antonino Fabio Pisciotta
Sezione INGV di Palermo, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Davide Romano
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Palermo, sede Operativa di Milazzo (ME), via dei Mille 46, 98065 Milazzo, Italy
Sezione INGV di Palermo, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra (MIFT), Università di Messina, Viale Stagno D'Alcontres, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Gravity Data Allow to Image the Shallow‐Medium Subsurface Below Mud Volcanoes M. Nespoli et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103505
- 3D subsoil reconstruction of a mud volcano in central Sicily by means of geophysical surveys S. Grassi et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-022-00774-y
- Deep fluids migration and submarine emersion of the Kalang Anyar mud volcano (Java, Indonesia): A multidisciplinary study A. Mazzini et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105970
- DEMETRA—A Seismic Noise Survey at the Maccalube di Aragona Mud Volcanoes (Southern Italy): Results and Perspectives S. Petrosino et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25226975
- Mud flow dynamics at gas seeps - Nirano Salse, Italy - B. Giambastiani et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-022-10615-2
- Geochemistry and mineralogy of muds and thermal waters from mud volcanoes in the NW Caribbean Coast of Colombia and their potential for pelotherapy M. Palmisano et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107621
- Fluid conduits and shallow-reservoir structure defined by geoelectrical tomography at the Nirano Salse (Italy) G. Romano et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2719-2023
- Multiparametric stations for real-time monitoring and long-term assessment of natural hazards E. Ferrari et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1412900
- Identification of Precursors in InSAR Time Series Using Functional Data Analysis Post-Processing: Demonstration on Mud Volcano Eruptions M. Fontana et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16071191
- Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Mud Diapirism Dynamics in Membrillal, Cartagena de Indias: Implications for Rural Communities and Susceptibility Assessment G. de Diego et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16052194
- Insights into the dynamics of the Nirano Mud Volcano through seismic characterization of drumbeat signals and V/H analysis V. Antunes et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107619
- ERT investigation of mud volcanoes: detection of mud fluid migration pathways from 2D and 3D synthetic modelling P. Torrese https://doi.org/10.1007/s40328-023-00429-4
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Short summary
Santa Barbara and Aragona are affected by mud volcanism with episodic hazardous paroxysm events. Two potentially hazardous paroxysm exposed surfaces of 0.12 and 0.20 km2 were elaborated with DSMs and with historical information on the paroxysms that occurred in the past. This paper, in the end, could be a useful tool for civil protection authorities in order to take appropriate risk mitigation measurements for exposed people and for monitoring activities.
Santa Barbara and Aragona are affected by mud volcanism with episodic hazardous paroxysm events....
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