The Monitoring of CO<sub>2</sub> Soil Degassing as Indicator of Increasing Volcanic Activity: The Paroxysmal Activity at Stromboli Volcano in 2019–2021
Since 2016, Stromboli volcano has shown an increase of both frequency and energy of the volcanic activity; two strong paroxysms occurred on 3 July and 28 August 2019. The paroxysms were followed by a series of major explosions, which culminated on January 2021 with magma overflows and lava flows alo...
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doaj-f84b289dcb8f4598babdad9495732ba12021-04-08T23:01:17ZengMDPI AGGeosciences2076-32632021-04-011116916910.3390/geosciences11040169The Monitoring of CO<sub>2</sub> Soil Degassing as Indicator of Increasing Volcanic Activity: The Paroxysmal Activity at Stromboli Volcano in 2019–2021Salvatore Inguaggiato0Fabio Vita1Marianna Cangemi2Claudio Inguaggiato3Lorenzo Calderone4Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa, 90146 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa, 90146 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Via Archirafi 36, 90123 Palermo, ItalyDepartamento de Geología, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana 3918, 22860 Ensenada, MexicoIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Palermo, Via Ugo La Malfa, 90146 Palermo, ItalySince 2016, Stromboli volcano has shown an increase of both frequency and energy of the volcanic activity; two strong paroxysms occurred on 3 July and 28 August 2019. The paroxysms were followed by a series of major explosions, which culminated on January 2021 with magma overflows and lava flows along the Sciara del Fuoco. This activity was monitored by the soil CO<sub>2</sub> flux network of Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), which highlighted significant changes before the paroxysmal activity. The CO<sub>2</sub> flux started to increase in 2006, following a long-lasting positive trend, interrupted by short-lived high amplitude transients in 2016–2018 and 2018–2019. This increasing trend was recorded both in the summit and peripheral degassing areas of Stromboli, indicating that the magmatic gas release affected the whole volcanic edifice. These results suggest that Stromboli volcano is in a new critical phase, characterized by a great amount of volatiles exsolved by the shallow plumbing system, which could generate other energetic paroxysms in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/11/4/169Stromboli volcanoparoxysmal activitysoil CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes |
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Salvatore Inguaggiato Fabio Vita Marianna Cangemi Claudio Inguaggiato Lorenzo Calderone The Monitoring of CO<sub>2</sub> Soil Degassing as Indicator of Increasing Volcanic Activity: The Paroxysmal Activity at Stromboli Volcano in 2019–2021 Geosciences Stromboli volcano paroxysmal activity soil CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes |
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Salvatore Inguaggiato Fabio Vita Marianna Cangemi Claudio Inguaggiato Lorenzo Calderone |
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The Monitoring of CO<sub>2</sub> Soil Degassing as Indicator of Increasing Volcanic Activity: The Paroxysmal Activity at Stromboli Volcano in 2019–2021 |
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The Monitoring of CO<sub>2</sub> Soil Degassing as Indicator of Increasing Volcanic Activity: The Paroxysmal Activity at Stromboli Volcano in 2019–2021 |
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The Monitoring of CO<sub>2</sub> Soil Degassing as Indicator of Increasing Volcanic Activity: The Paroxysmal Activity at Stromboli Volcano in 2019–2021 |
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The Monitoring of CO<sub>2</sub> Soil Degassing as Indicator of Increasing Volcanic Activity: The Paroxysmal Activity at Stromboli Volcano in 2019–2021 |
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The Monitoring of CO<sub>2</sub> Soil Degassing as Indicator of Increasing Volcanic Activity: The Paroxysmal Activity at Stromboli Volcano in 2019–2021 |
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monitoring of co<sub>2</sub> soil degassing as indicator of increasing volcanic activity: the paroxysmal activity at stromboli volcano in 2019–2021 |
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Since 2016, Stromboli volcano has shown an increase of both frequency and energy of the volcanic activity; two strong paroxysms occurred on 3 July and 28 August 2019. The paroxysms were followed by a series of major explosions, which culminated on January 2021 with magma overflows and lava flows along the Sciara del Fuoco. This activity was monitored by the soil CO<sub>2</sub> flux network of Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), which highlighted significant changes before the paroxysmal activity. The CO<sub>2</sub> flux started to increase in 2006, following a long-lasting positive trend, interrupted by short-lived high amplitude transients in 2016–2018 and 2018–2019. This increasing trend was recorded both in the summit and peripheral degassing areas of Stromboli, indicating that the magmatic gas release affected the whole volcanic edifice. These results suggest that Stromboli volcano is in a new critical phase, characterized by a great amount of volatiles exsolved by the shallow plumbing system, which could generate other energetic paroxysms in the future. |
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Stromboli volcano paroxysmal activity soil CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes |
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