Sicily
Structural analysis of the eruptive fissures at Mount Etna (Italy)
Marco Neri, Valerio Acocella, Boris Behncke, Salvatore Giammanco, Francesco Mazzarini, Derek Rust
problematic: Structural analysis of the eruptive fissures at Mount Etna (Italy)
description: In this report, we illustrate the modalities of the flank eruptions at Etna over approximately the last 2000 years, with particular attention to the last 110 years of activity, for which a detailed structural database is shown and discussed.The main goal is the construction of an interpretative model of the transfer of magma within the volcanic edifice, to define the main structural parameters, and possibly, the role of the magmatic intrusions in the framework of the instability of the volcano flanks.