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Estimating the mass of tephra accumulated on roads to best manage the impact of volcanic eruptions: the example of Mt Etna, Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Bologna, 40100 Bologna, Italy
CETEMPS, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
Manuel Stocchi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Bologna, 40100 Bologna, Italy
now at: Department of Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy
Alexander Garcia
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Bologna, 40100 Bologna, Italy
Michele Prestifilippo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Etneo, Sezione di Catania, 95015 Catania, Italy
Laura Sandri
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Bologna, 40100 Bologna, Italy
Costanza Bonadonna
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Simona Scollo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Etneo, Sezione di Catania, 95015 Catania, Italy
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By considering the quantification of tephra mass deposited on roads following an eruption (or a series of explosive volcanic eruptions), in this work we assessed the cumulated tephra mass on the road networks in three selected towns on Mt Etna’s eastern flank during several paroxysms in 2021. This is a first attempt to estimate the amount of tephra that must be removed during a crisis that could be reused, converting in this way a potential problem into an opportunity.
By considering the quantification of tephra mass deposited on roads following an eruption (or a...
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