Continuous SO2 flux measurements for Vulcano Island, Italy
Journal article, 2012

The La Fossa cone of Vulcano Island (Aeolian Archipelago, Italy) is a closed conduit volcano. Today, Vulcano Island is characterized by sulfataric activity, with a large fumarolic field that is mainly located in the summit area. A scanning differential optical absorption spectroscopy instrument designed by the Optical Sensing Group of Chalmers University of Technology in Goteborg, Sweden, was installed in the framework of the European project "Network for Observation of Volcanic and Atmospheric Change", in March 2008. This study presents the first dataset of SO2 plume fluxes recorded for a closed volcanic system. Between 2008 and 2010, the SO2 fluxes recorded showed average values of 12 t.d(-1) during the normal sulfataric activity of Vulcano Island, with one exceptional event of strong degassing that occurred between September and December, 2009, when the SO2 emissions reached up to 100 t.d(-1).

emissions

waters

model

gas

co2

spectroscopy

aeolian islands

stromboli

system

volcanic activity

Author

F. Vita

University of Palermo

National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

S. Inguaggiato

National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

N. Bobrowski

National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Heidelberg University

L. Calderone

National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Bo Galle

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Optical Remote Sensing

F. Parello

University of Palermo

Annals of Geophysics

1593-5213 (ISSN)

Vol. 55 2 301-308

Subject Categories

Geophysics

Geochemistry

DOI

10.4401/ag-5759

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