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A new multidisciplinary study, combining geology, petrography, and geochemistry, on the rocks of the isolated hill of Mount
Calanna (Mount Etna, Italy) has provided evidence for the existence of a dyke swarm, formed by more than 200 dykes distributed
over an area of ~0.7 km2, with an intensity of intrusion up to 40%. All bodies are deeply altered, and the geological and mesostructural surveying
of 132 dykes revealed that they intruded in E–W direction, with an average dip of 60°. The faults affecting the outcrop have
in general an E–W strike and dip of ~55°: these have all normal motion and have been interpreted as coeval with the dykes.
This interpretation contrasts with the previous hypothesis that considered Mount Calanna as a thrust resulting from compressive
deformation resulting from the gravitational spreading of the volcanic edifice. Mount Calanna is here interpreted as the uppermost
portion of a vertically extensive magmatic plexus that fed the eruptive activity of one (or more) eruptive center/s sited
in the Valle del Bove area. Measurements of the apparent densities on 23 dykes and host rock samples give an average value
of 2,420 kg/m3 for the entire complex, ~15% lower than the density expected for hawaiitic magma, placing an important constraint on the
geophysical identification of similar structures. Considering that Mount Etna is not an old eroded edifice but an active and
growing volcano, the exposure of this subvolcanic structure can be regarded as exceptional. Its geometry and physical characteristics
can be thus regarded as an interesting example of the present-day shallow plumbing system of Mount Etna as well as of other
basaltic volcanoes. 相似文献
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A detailed density model of Mt. Etna and its surrounding areas has been evaluated using a 3-D inversion of the gravimetric data acquired in the 1980's. Several high-density and low-density bodies are found, penetrating from shallow depths as far down as 12 km bsl. A positive correlation (in terms of location, extent, density, and velocity) is established between several anomalies of the density model and features identified in previously published seismic tomographies. A prominent high-density body extending down to 7 km bsl is recognized in the southern part of the Valle del Bove, and interpreted as a solidified magmatic intrusion. On the western boundary of this anomaly, a low-density body is interpreted as a bubble and liquid magma mixture. Outside the central area, three other high-density anomalies are imaged and attributed to the earliest phases of volcanic activity in the area. Several interesting low-density anomalies are also identified and correlated with known fault lines and other structural features of the region. 相似文献
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The greater part of Etna can be regarded as a complex strato-shield volcano constructed from the overlapping products of several centres of trachy-basaltic activity. The Valle del Bove is a horse-shoe-shaped caldera, 8 km long and 5 km wide, cut into the eastern flanks of Etna. The caldera is one of the few areas on the volcano where historic eruptions have not obscured the products of pre-historic centres of activity and these are well exposed in the cliff walls surrounding the caldera. Examination of these older volcanics provides important information on the eruptive style and internal plumbing of the Etna volcano during pre-historic times, and suggests that both were significantly different from the present day.Much of the southern wall of the Valle del Bove represents a surviving portion of the Trifoglietto II volcano, the largest pre-historic centre of activity. A stratigraphy is constructed for the southern wall, the Trifoglietto II lavas and pyroclastics rest unconformably upon the eroded remnants of an older centre, and are themselves overlain by the products of younger centres. All the lavas exposed in the southern wall are of alkalic affinity and comprise a trachybasaltic suite ranging from hawaiite to benmoreite. Variation in the chemistry of the lavas can be explained by their differentiation at high levels in the crust from a more basic magma of alkali olivine-basalt/hawaiite composition. An anomalous trend in the TiO2 content of the Trifoglietto II lavas may be explained by the fractionation of kaersutite (Ti-rich amphibole).A study has been made of the numerous dykes exposed in the walls of the Valle del Bove, the alignments of which parallel trends which are important on Etna at the present time.It is proposed that the initial opening of the Valle del Bove occurred sometime between 20,000 and 10,000 y. B.P., as a result of a phreatic or phreato-magmatic explosion near the base of the eastern flank of Trifoglietto II. This is visualised as triggering a slope failure and resulting in the destruction of much of the centre by a catastrophic landslide. This mechanism has much in common with the explosive eruptions which produced both the Bandai-san (Japan) caldera in 1888, and the Mount St Helens caldera in May, 1980. 相似文献
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In 1996 and 1997, two high-resolution magnetic surveys, one on land and the other at sea, were carried out on the lower eastern flank of Mount Etna. The magnetic surveys, covering an area of about 400 km2, aimed to elucidate the relationships between the main tectonic and morphologic features of this flank of Mount Etna. Major features include widespread NNW- and NNE-trending active faults and the Valle del Bove, a depression considered to be the source area of the Chiancone deposit, the largest Etnean volcaniclastic sequence. Magnetic surveys show anomalies that roughly follow the trend of active main structures. Although few magnetization measurements are available for the most representative outcrops of the lower eastern side of Mount Etna, interpretation of the anomalies defines the underground geometry of the Chiancone deposit and its relationship with volcano stratigraphic units and the underlying sedimentary rocks. In particular, a volume of about 14 km3 was ascribed to the Chiancone deposit. Such a large amount of material was likely produced by a catastrophic event, and deposited at different periods at the exit of the Valle del Bove in an area produced by the interaction, on a regional scale, of the main tectonic structures affecting this flank of the volcano. 相似文献
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The 1991–1993 eruption was probably the largest on Mt. Etna for 300 years. Since then the volcano has entered an unusually quiescent period. A comprehensive record of gravity and ground deformation changes presented here bracket this eruption and give valuable insight into magma movements before, during and after the eruption. The gravity and deformation changes observed before the eruption (1990–1991) record the intrusion of magma into the summit feeder and the SSE-trending fracture system which had recently been active in 1978, 1979, 1983 and 1989, creating the feeder dyke for the 1991–1993 eruption. In the summit region gravity changes between 1992 and 1993 (spanning the end of the eruption) reflect the withdrawal of magma from the conduit followed more recently (1993–1994) by the re-filling of magma in the conduit up to pre-eruption levels. In contrast, in the vicinity of the fracture zone, gravity has remained at the 1991–1992 level, indicating that no withdrawal has occurred here. Rather, magma has solidified in the fracture system and sealed it such that the 1993–1994 increase in magma level in the conduit was not accompanied by further intrusion into the flanks. Mass calculations suggest that a volume of at least 107 m3 of magma has solidified within the southeastern flank of the volcano. 相似文献
6.
W. J. McGuire 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1983,46(1):9-22
The distributions and alignments of over 200 prehistoric dykes exposed in the walls of the Valle del Bove caldera on Mount Etna have been plotted, and samples collected from some 10% of those occurring in the southern wall. Important tectonic trends are reflected by the dykes, along which magma movement was facilitated prior to the formation of the caldera. Close directional relations between the dyke trends and the orientations of historic fissures on the volcano, point to the existence of a plexus of interconnecting subsurface fissures immediately to the south-east of the summit. A model is envisaged within which magma enters this «clearing house» from depth, and is distributed via fissures to other parts of the volcano including the summit region. Here, the interaction of fissures with the conduits of the summit craters is put forward as a mechanism to explain the behaviour of recent activity. 相似文献
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T.J.O. Sanderson G. Berrino G. Corrado M. Grimaldi 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》1983,16(3-4)
We present reults from simultaneous precise levelling and gravity surveys on Mount Etna covering the period August 1980–August 1981. The flank eruption of March 1981 erupted 18–35 × 105m3 of lava. Following it, upward movements of more than 17 cm were observed close to the new fissure and a broad, apparently independent, uplift of 5 cm was observed 4 km to the west. A zone of about 2 cm depression to the east of the fissure is insufficient to account for the volume of magma erupted. Gravity results show positive changes of up to 63 microgal, and display good positive correlation with elevation changes. Both sets of measurements appear to be due to new intrusion of magma rather than subsurface magma drainage. Ground deformation close to the new fissure is well modelled by intrusion of a dyke in the zone 100–500 m below the surface, striking along the fissure and of dip between 75–90°. The gravity changes are modelled as due to a deeper intrusion of magma, along the same line but some 1500 m below the surface. The changes were not present immediately after the eruption but occurred during the ensuing 5 months. It is proposed that this introduction of matter occurred by crack propagation along the fissure in the aftermath of the eruption. Towards the west of the fissure, and some 4 km west of the summit, ground deformation is modelled by intrusion of a dyke in the zone 300–1500 m below the surface and dipping at 80–85°. Again, gravity changes appear to be due to magma intrusion at greater depth, close to sea level. In this case gravity changes are interpreted as due to magma density changes, as a result of pressure increase in a larger scale fissure zone. This same pressure increase may be forcing the new intrusion close to the surface, and makes this part of the volcano a region of especially high risk. 相似文献
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A syn-eruptive ground deformation episode measured by GPS,during the 2001 eruption on the upper southern flank of Mt Etna 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
Ground deformation occurring on the southern flank of Mt Etna volcano during the July–August 2001 eruption was monitored by GPS measurements along an E–W profile crossing the fissure system. This profile was measured eight times during the eruption, using the 'stop and go' semi-kinematic technique. Horizontal and vertical displacements between GPS surveys are reported for each station. The most significant event is a deformation episode occurring during the first week of the eruption, between 25–27 July. Displacements were measured on benchmarks close to the eruptive fissure and the tensile 1989 fracture. Data inversions for measured displacements were performed using the Okada model. The model shows the narrowing of the 2001 dyke accompanied by a dextral dislocation along an east-dipping fault, parallel to the 1989 fracture.Editorial responsibility: T. Druitt 相似文献
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Sonia Calvari Lawrence H. Tanner Gianluca Groppelli 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》1998,87(1-4)
Previously undescribed debris-avalanche deposits occur in two locations downslope from the open end of the Valle del Bove. These outcrops comprise unstratified, ungraded deposits of metre-scale lava blocks in a matrix of weathered and fractured lava clasts. The avalanche deposits are unconformably overlain by matrix- to clast-supported conglomerates, representing debris-flow and interbedded fluvial deposits, that constitute most of the Milo Lahar sequence. We present evidence that the Milo Lahar sequence, which crops out just at the exit of the Valle del Bove, formed during the opening and enlargement of this depression. The presence of the avalanche deposits at the base of the Milo Lahar sequence indicates that catastrophic landslides were involved in the formation of the Valle del Bove. The composition of lavas in the debris avalanche deposits is similar to that of most of the Ellittico volcanic sequence exposed along the northern wall of the Valle del Bove. Radiocarbon dates of 8400 and 5300 years BP from the base and top, respectively, of the debris-flow sequence indicate that the Milo Lahars are correlative with the exposed part of the Chiancone deposit. The basal lahars of the Chiancone, which contain lava blocks whose compositions partially overlap that of blocks in the avalanche deposits, may have formed by water concentration in the distal end of the avalanche causing transformation to debris, or alternatively by reworking of the avalanche deposit. 相似文献
11.
S. Falsaperla E. Privitera B. Chouet P. Dawson 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2002,114(3-4)
Seismic activity recorded at Mount Etna during 1992 was characterized by long-period (LP) events and tremor with fluctuating amplitudes. These signals were associated with the evolution of the eruptive activity that began on December 14, 1991. Following the occurrence of numerous volcano-tectonic earthquakes at the onset of the eruption, LP events dominated the overall seismicity starting in January, 1992. The LP activity occurred primarily in swarms, which were temporally correlated with episodic collapses of the crater floor in the Northeast Crater. Source depths determined for selected LP events suggest a source region located slightly east of Northeast Crater and extending from the surface to a depth of 2000 m. Based on the characteristic signatures of the time series, four families of LP events are identified. Each family shares common spectral peaks independent of azimuth and distance to the source. These spectral features are used to develop a fluid-filled crack model of the source. We hypothesize that the locus of the LP events represents a segment of the magma feeding system connecting a depressurizing magma body with a dike extending in the SSE direction along the western wall of Valle del Bove, toward the site of the Mount Etna eruption. We surmise that magma withdrawal from the source volume beneath Northeast Crater may have caused repeated collapses of the crater floor. Some collapse events may have produced pressure transients in the subjacent dike which acted as seismic wave sources for LP events. 相似文献
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J. Klerkx 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1970,34(3):726-737
The Valle del Bove, situated on the east side of Mount Etna is considered as the result of an important collapse. The structural survey of the continuous rock outcrops in the walls of the depression permits to distinguish several unities belonging to different volcanoes, which have been destroyed by the collapse. The succession of the different volcanic centers shows a migration of the eruptive activity from East to West. The collapse took place only when the main activity was removed to the emplacement of the principal crater now in activity. This E-W direction of migration corresponds to one of the main fault directions of Etna; the collapse and the formation of the caldera is considered as the consequence of a violent pumice explosion or as the result of the westward migration of the magma along this fault. 相似文献
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The 1224 Mt. Etna eruption is a significant event both in terms of the mass of erupted materials and because it involved the lower eastern slope of the volcano, reaching down to the sea. Nevertheless, it is unknown to current historical catalogues. According to the historical sources, only two other lava flows actually reached as far as the sea: in 396 BC, just north of the present-day inhabited area of Acireale, according to the geological data alone, and in 1669, when the lava covered the south-eastern flank of Mt. Etna and damaged Catania. We present and discuss the two medieval sources that attest to the eruption of 1224 and make available the original texts. Furthermore, through the close analysis of the historical and topographic context of the Etna area, taking account of the roads and ports in the early 13th century, we have tried to single out the possible area of the lava's outlet into the sea in 1224 on historical grounds. A repeat of an eruption similar to that of 1224 would have a serious impact today as the coast is densely populated. 相似文献
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Wide variations were measured in the diffuse CO2 flux through the soils in three selected areas of Mt Etna between August 1989 and March 1993. Degassing of CO2 from the area of Zafferana Etnea-S. Venerina, on the eastern slope of the volcano, has been determined to be more strongly influenced by meteorological parameters than the other areas. The seasonal component found in the data from this area has been excluded using a filtering algorithm based on the best fitting equation calculated from the correlation between CO2 flux values and those of air temperature. The filtered data appear to have variations temporally coincident with those from the other areas, thus suggesting a common and probably deep source of gas. The highest fluxes measured in the two most peripheral areas may correlate well with other geophysical and volcanological anomalous signals that preceded the strong eruption of 1991–1993 and that were interpreted as deep pressure increases. Anomalous decreases in CO2 fluxes accompanied the onset and the evolution of that eruption and have been interpreted as a sign of upward migration of the gas source. The variations of CO2 flux at the 1989 SE fracture have also given interesting information on the timing of the magmatic intrusion that has then fed the 1991–1993 eruption. 相似文献
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This paper reports the present state of seismological research at Mt. Etna.A schematic classification of the earthquakes that occur on the volcano is proposed, based on both seismogram and spectrum features.We have made both focal solutions and estimates of earthquake source parameters (stress drop values between 2 and 20 bars and small source dimensions).The crust of Etna thus appears as an extremely heterogeneous medium that does not permit great stress accumulation. The coexistence of an extensional regime with an older and deeper compressive one seems confirmed at depths greater than about 7 km.Eruptive and seismic phenomena occur mainly along the principal structural trends of the volcano, but often the directions of the eruptive fractures and the earthquake concentration during the same eruption do not coincide.Tectonics seem to play an important role in controlling seismo-volcanic behaviour. 相似文献
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The papers deals with the seismic activity occurred on Mt. Etna from 1978 to 1983, and special emphasis is given to the seismicity linked to eruptive phenomena that took place during that period.Location of epicentres and hypocentres of all earthquakes occurred during the considered years and in association with each eruption has shown to be a useful tool to investigate relationships between seismicity and characteristics of various eruptions.A preliminary model is proposed to explain seismo-eruptive mechanisms controlling the uprise of magma and subsequent eruptions of Mt. Etna. The complexity of phenomena observed in the Etnean area could be interpreted as the result of the combined effect of regional stress field and local changes of it due to the volcano structural inhomogeneities. Thus, the earthquakes occurring in the studied area may cause either partial intrusion of magma at various depth, or final opening of surface fractures and subsequent output of lava. 相似文献
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Mount Etna volcano erupted almost simultaneously on its northeastern and southern flanks between October 27 and November 3,
2002. The eruption on the northeastern flank lasted for 8 days, while on the southern flank it continued for 3 months. The
northeastern flank eruption was characterized by the opening of a long eruptive fracture system between 2,900 and 1,900 m.a.s.l.
A detailed survey indicates that the fractures’ direction shifted during the opening from N10W (at the NE Crater, 2,900 m)
to N45E (at its lowest portion, 1,900 m) and that distinct magma groups were erupted at distinct fracture segments. Based
on their petrological features, three distinct groups of rocks have been identified. The first group, high-potassium porphyritic
(HKP), is made up of porphyritic lavas with a Porphyritic Index (P.I.) of 20–32 and K2O content higher than 2 wt%. The second group is represented by lavas and tephra with low modal phenocryst abundance (P.I. < 20)
named here oligo-phyric (low-phyric), and K2O content higher than 2 wt% (HKO, high-potassium oligophyric). The third group, low-potassium oligophyric (LKO), consists
of tephra with oligophyric texture (P.I. < 20) but K2O content < 2 wt%. K-rich magmas (HKP and HKO) are similar to the magma erupted on the southern flank, and geochemical variations
within these groups can be accounted for by a variable degree of fractionation from a single parent magma. The K-poor magma
(LKO), erupted only in the upper segment of the fracture, cannot be placed on the same liquid line of descent of the HK groups,
and it is similar to the magmas that fed the activity of Etna volcano prior to the eruption of 1971. This is the first time
since then that a magma of this composition has been documented at Mt. Etna, thus providing a strong indication for the existence
of distinct batches of magma whose rise and differentiation are independent from the main conduit system. The evolution of
this eruption provides evidence that the NE Rift plays a very active role in the activity of Mt. Etna volcano, and that its
extensional tectonics allows the intrusion and residence of magma bodies at various depths, which can therefore differentiate
independently from the main open conduit system. 相似文献
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Resume L'éruption du 28-3-1983 a été précédée, dans la nuit entre le 27 et 28 Mars, par l'ouverture de fractures sur le flanc sud de l'Etna entre les côtes 2900 et 2300. Ces ruptures correspondent à des failles à rejet surtout vertical et à des fentes. La disposition générale dessine un graben d'orientation N-S à NE-SW, dont la largeur se réduit progressivement de 80 m à environ 25 m au point d'émission des laves, alors que le rejet vertical des failles augmente vers le sud (maximum 1 m 50). En quelques points on a pu noter une légère composante en décrochement. L'extension horizontale provoquée par l'ouverture de ce graben a été estimée à environ 3 m.Ces donnés sont confrontées à celles obtenues par d'autres méthodes et leur interprétation est discutée en rapport avec le mécanisme de l'éruption et les relations entre magmatisme et tectonique.
The Etna eruption of March 28th, 1983 was preceded, during the night between March 27th and 28th, by the opening of fractures on the southern flank of Mt. Etna between 2300 and 2900 meters a.s.l. The fractures are essentially dip-slip faults andfentes. The resulting general pattern is that of a graben oriented from N-S to NE-SW that becomes progressively narrow passing from about 80 m to 25 m in width at the lava flow emission site, while the vertical fault throw increases towards the south reaching there the maximum value of 1.50 m. In a few places it was possible to detect a slight horizontal component of movement. The horizontal opening due to the graben formation has been estimated to be about 3 m in width.These data have then been compared with others obtained using different methods and their interpretation has been discussed in relation to the eruption mechanism and the relationships between magmatism and tectonics.相似文献
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Conditions for the arrest of a vertical propagating dyke 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Magma ascent towards the Earth’s surface occurs through dyke propagation in the vast majority of cases. We investigate two
purely mechanical effects unrelated to cooling or solidification that lead to the arrest of propagation, so that no eruption
occurs. The first is that the input of magma from the source is not maintained continuously, such that a fixed volume of magma
is released. Laboratory experiments show that, in this case, the dyke stops at a finite distance from the source. This behaviour
is specific to the fracturing process in 3-D. We derive a relationship for the minimum magma volume required for an eruption
as a function of magma buoyancy and source depth. When large magma volumes are available, eruption may also be prevented by
a thick low density layer in the upper crust. Numerical studies of dyke propagation show that the dyke continues to rise even
though it is negatively buoyant. Magma accumulates in a swollen nose region at the interface between the low density layer
and the dense basement. Magma overpressure is largest at this interface and increases with increasing penetration into the
upper layer. It may become large enough to induce horizontal fractures in the dyke walls and lateral intrusion of a sill,
which prevents eruption. This requires that the thickness of the low density layer exceeds a threshold value that depends
on the density contrast between magma and host rock. If the magma volume is smaller than a threshold value, neither sill intrusion
nor eruption are possible and magma gets stored in a horizontal blade-shaped dyke straddling the interface. Scaling laws for
variations of ascent rate and for the minimum magma volume allow diagnosis of a failed eruption. 相似文献
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The aim of this study is to estimate the feasibility of monitoring the surface temperature of an active volcano, using satellite thermal infrared data.For this, the data collected by a radiometer on board the NOAA polar-orbiting satellites over Mt. Etna were processed (geometrical and radiometric corrections) and merged with a Digital Terrain Model in order to correct for the variations of mean ground temperature and atmospheric absorption with altitude.Four pictures, or scenes, subsequent to the eruption of 17th March 1981, have been interpreted; and they display two thermal anomalies: one, near the summit zone; and the other, on the NNW slope where lava flows took place.Some elementary models of thermal evolution are proposed. 相似文献