The course provides the basic knowledge on the processes and deformations related to magma rise and emplacement and on the structure of volcanoes, also to understand pre-eruptive processes.
teacher profile teaching materials
- DEFORMATIONS INDUCED BY MAGMATIC ACTIVITY: RISE OF MAGMA THROUGH DIAPIRS; PROPAGATION AND EMPLACEMENT OF DIKES; FORMATION OF SILLS, LACCOLITHS AND MAGMA CHAMBERS; VERTICAL MOVEMENTS IN VOLCANIC AREAS (CALDERAS, RESURGENCES, BRADYSEISMS); SECTOR COLLAPSES OF VOLCANIC EDIFICES; MONITORING OF VOLCANIC AREAS: ANALYSIS OF DEFORMATION AND SOURCES.
- REGIONAL CONTROL OF EXTENSIONAL, STRIKE-SLIP AND COMPRESSIVE TECTONICS ON VOLCANISM: CONTINENTAL, TRANSITIONAL AND OCEANIC RIFTS, OBLIQUELY AND ORTHOGONALLY CONVERGENT MARGINS, BACK-ARC BASINS; EARTHQUAKE-VOLCANO INTERACTIONS; HOT SPOTS.
- VOLCANO-TECTONICS AND ERUPTIONS: HAZARD MITIGATION AND APPLICATIONS TO ITALIAN VOLCANOES.
- VOLCANO-TECTONICS AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY.
Programme
VOLCANISM AND PLATE-TECTONICS; MAGMA-TRIGGERING AND MAGMA-INDUCED STRUCTURES.- DEFORMATIONS INDUCED BY MAGMATIC ACTIVITY: RISE OF MAGMA THROUGH DIAPIRS; PROPAGATION AND EMPLACEMENT OF DIKES; FORMATION OF SILLS, LACCOLITHS AND MAGMA CHAMBERS; VERTICAL MOVEMENTS IN VOLCANIC AREAS (CALDERAS, RESURGENCES, BRADYSEISMS); SECTOR COLLAPSES OF VOLCANIC EDIFICES; MONITORING OF VOLCANIC AREAS: ANALYSIS OF DEFORMATION AND SOURCES.
- REGIONAL CONTROL OF EXTENSIONAL, STRIKE-SLIP AND COMPRESSIVE TECTONICS ON VOLCANISM: CONTINENTAL, TRANSITIONAL AND OCEANIC RIFTS, OBLIQUELY AND ORTHOGONALLY CONVERGENT MARGINS, BACK-ARC BASINS; EARTHQUAKE-VOLCANO INTERACTIONS; HOT SPOTS.
- VOLCANO-TECTONICS AND ERUPTIONS: HAZARD MITIGATION AND APPLICATIONS TO ITALIAN VOLCANOES.
- VOLCANO-TECTONICS AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY.
Core Documentation
Acocella Valerio (2021) Volcano-Tectonic Processes. Springer Nature, 600 pp., ISBN:978-3-030-65968-4.Reference Bibliography
Acocella Valerio (2021) Volcano-Tectonic Processes. Springer Nature, 600 pp., ISBN:978-3-030-65968-4.