Causes and effects of the volcanic hazard. Estimation of the volcanic hazard. Danger and risk maps. Geophysical, geochemical and ground deformation monitoring systems. The volcanic surveillance.
Remote sensing measurements.
Vulcanologia. R. Scandone, L. Giacomelli.
Monitoring Active Volcanoes. R. Tilling. The Surveillance and Prediction of Volcanic Activity. USGS. Terrestrial fluids, earthquake and Volcanoes. Perez et al.
Learning Objectives
Geochemical parameters in the framework of volcanic surveillance. Geothermobarometry in volcanic systems. Treatment and interpretation of geochemical data in quiescent and active volcanoes. Volcanic unrest: case studies. Environmental volcanology.
Prerequisites
It is recommended to attend the course in Volcanology.
Teaching Methods
All the lectures are presented in ppt and they will be distributed to the students on a weekly basis and inserted in the Moodle paltform.
Type of Assessment
Question time during the lectures.
Final oral exam
Course program
The course is aimed to highlight the most important aspects of the volcanic hazard by studying the main effects deriving by the volcanic activity. Particular attention will be given to the management of the volcanic risk and to the construction of danger and risk maps. Highlights on environmental volcanology will be provided.
Fumarolic emission and degassing systems. Monitoring studies of active volcanoes and geochemical monitoring of the volcanic activity. Geochemical monitoring networks. Reconstruction of conceptual models of fluid circulation and their assessment for the volcanic surveillance.