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Fluid conduits and shallow-reservoir structure defined by geoelectrical tomography at the Nirano Salse (Italy)
Gerardo Romano
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università
degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Campus Universitario, via Orabona n. 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
Marco Antonellini
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Alma
Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Piazza di Porta S. Donato 1, Bologna, Italy
Domenico Patella
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università
degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Campus Universitario, via Orabona n. 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
Agata Siniscalchi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università
degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Campus Universitario, via Orabona n. 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
Andrea Tallarico
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università
degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Campus Universitario, via Orabona n. 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
Simona Tripaldi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università
degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Campus Universitario, via Orabona n. 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
Antonello Piombo
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Augusto Righi”, Alma Mater
Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, Bologna, Italy
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Short summary
The Nirano Salse (northern Apennines, Italy) is characterized by several active mud vents and hosts thousands of visitors every year. New resistivity models describe the area down to 250 m, improving our geostructural knowledge of the area and giving useful indications for a better understanding of mud volcano dynamics and for the better planning of safer tourist access to the area.
The Nirano Salse (northern Apennines, Italy) is characterized by several active mud vents and...
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