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Field-trip leaders
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From: Marco Viccaro <m.viccaro@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: CoV 10 - pre-conference field-trip at Etna
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Dear Colleagues,
Deadline for the registration at CoV10 field-trips is now very close: June 15, 2018
In this regard, we are very happy to recall your attention to the pre-conference field-trip at Mt. Etna volcano and its surrounding urbanized area. Please look at the following details and do not hesitate to contact us for additional information!
The eruptive activity of Mount Etna and its impact on the urban area
Mount Etna is one of the most famous volcanoes of the world due to its central location within the Mediterranean Sea and its almost continuous eruptive activity. The favorable climatological conditions together with its strategic position allowed the progress of both civilizing and cultural processes in this distinctive Mediterranean region. In particular, relationships between Etna’s activity, the society and the urban fabric have developed over the past 2700 years. The field trip sets out to describe the impact of two destructive effusive eruptions on human activities and the urban fabric during historical time, occurred in 1669 and 1928. The 1669 eruption was the event that caused the greatest damage to both cultivated areas and urban districts of the Etna region conditioning the pattern of urbanization in subsequent centuries. The 1928 eruption is a clear example of State and population response to the destruction of a town, Mascali, by the lava flow and the following recovery and rebuilding of a new town in a typical Fascist architectural style. Both the proposed itineraries will be focused on the effects of lava flows on urban fabric, the population’s resilience and the subsequent reconstructions. After the overview of impacts related to these past eruptions, we explore the Etna summit region where the active craters are located and the main volcanological features of the most recent eruptions are exposed. In addition we present a summary of Etna activity in the last tens of thousand years, shown in the stratigraphic successions cropping out along the inner walls of the Valle del Bove depression. Lastly, the control room of INGV-OE in Catania will be visited. Here, real-time data sets are managed to provide rapid and useful information of ongoing eruptive activity.
When
August 29 - September 1 2018 (4 days)
Stefano Branca (INGV-CT), email: stefano.branca@xxxxxxx
Gianluca Groppelli (CNR-IDPA), email: gianluca.groppelli@unimi.it
Marco Viccaro (Università di Catania), email: m.viccaro@xxxxxxxx
Number of participants
25 min - 50 max
Costs
700 Euro
All the best
Stefano, Gianluca and Marco
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