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Announcement of Session VS005 at IUGG Perugia
From: Giuseppe Puglisi
puglisi-g@xxxxxxxxxx
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Dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to the following session of the
2007 IUGG Assembly:
The Magma Feeding System of Persistently Active Basaltic Volcanoes:
Mount Etna and Others
Conveners: Patrick Allard, Renato Cristofolini, Giuseppe Puglisi
Sponsoring Association: IAVCEI
Persistently active basaltic volcanoes display a wide range of eruptive
regimes that closely depend on magma dynamics and the geometry of
feeding systems. Improved understanding and forecasting of their
eruptions thus requires quantitative imaging and modeling of the magma
feeding systems. This can be obtained from multidisciplinary
investigations of the volcanic activity, of its solid and gaseous
products, of geophysical and geochemical signals, as well as of the
regional and local structural framework. Since its inclusion among the
IAVCEI Decade volcanoes, Mount Etna - the largest active volcano in
Europe - has been the target of growing studies and monitoring, which
have allowed substantial progress on these aspects. Nevertheless, there
still remain a number of unclear aspects, for instance as regards the
respective triggering effects of magma replenishment and regional
tectonic forces, which could only be resolved through closer combination
of different methodologies. The same is true for other basaltic
volcanoes elsewhere. Therefore, this session is aimed at making a
standpoint of our current knowledge of the magma feeding system and
eruptive dynamics of Mt. Etna and other persistently active basaltic
volcanoes. We welcome either single or multidisciplinary contributions
dealing with geophysical, geochemical, petrologic, structural and remote
sensing approaches. Inter-comparison between different basaltic
volcanoes is encouraged. One final objective should be to identify a
number of priorities in future investigations of magma dynamics and
feeding systems on basaltic volcanoes.
Patrick Allard,
Laboratoire Pierre Süe, CNRS-CEA,
CE-Saclay, 91191 Gif/Yvette, France,
e-mail: patrick.allard@xxxxxx
Renato Cristofolini,
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Catania, Italy
e-mail: rcristof@xxxxxxxx
Giuseppe Puglisi,
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia,
Sezione di Catania, Italy
e-mail: puglisi-g@xxxxxxxxxx
For additional information on the IUGG general assembly 2007 visit
http://www.iugg2007perugia.it/
The abstract deadline is January 31st, 2007.
We apologize for multiple postings.
Giuseppe Puglisi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Sezione di Catania
Piazza Roma, 2
95123 Catania - Italy
Tel.: +39 95 7165817 (direct)
Tel.: +39 95 7165800 (telephone exchange)
Fax.: +39 95 435801
e-mail: puglisi-g@xxxxxxxxxx
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