Understanding caldera structure and development: An overview of analogue models compared to natural calderas

V Acocella - Earth-Science Reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
Understanding the structure and development of calderas is crucial for predicting their
behaviour during periods of unrest and to plan geothermal and ore exploitation. Geological …

Subsidence of ash-flow calderas: relation to caldera size and magma-chamber geometry

PW Lipman - Bulletin of volcanology, 1997 - Springer
Diverse subsidence geometries and collapse processes for ash-flow calderas are inferred to
reflect varying sizes, roof geometries, and depths of the source magma chambers, in …

Markers of the last interglacial sea-level high stand along the coast of Italy: tectonic implications

L Ferranti, F Antonioli, B Mauz, A Amorosi… - Quaternary …, 2006 - Elsevier
A compilation of the Marine Isotope Substage (MIS) 5.5 high stand (∼ 125Ka) sites
spanning the coastline of Italy allows a picture of the vertical displacement pattern affecting …

Experimental study of caldera formation

O Roche, TH Druitt, O Merle - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Scaled experiments have been carried out on caldera collapse mechanisms, using silicone
as analogue magma and dry sand as analogue rock. Experiments were carried out in two …

Influence of alteration on physical properties of volcanic rocks

A Pola, G Crosta, N Fusi, V Barberini, G Norini - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Physical properties of some weathered/altered volcanic rocks and their variation with the
degree of alteration are described in detail. A series of tests was performed to identify and …

Gas migration along fault systems and through the vadose zone in the Latera caldera (central Italy): Implications for CO2 geological storage

A Annunziatellis, SE Beaubien, S Bigi, G Ciotoli… - International journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
A clear and detailed understanding of gas migration mechanisms from depth to ground
surface is fundamental to choose the best locations for CO2 geological storage sites, to …

Transverse systems along the extensional Tyrrhenian margin of central Italy and their influence on volcanism

V Acocella, R Funiciello - Tectonics, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The Tyrrhenian margin of central Italy has undergone Plio‐Quaternary extension,
developing NW‐SE normal faults and NE‐SW faults. The NE‐SW faults decrease in …

Downsag and extension at calderas: new perspectives on collapse geometries from ice-melt, mining, and volcanic subsidence

MJ Branney - Bulletin of Volcanology, 1995 - Springer
Structures at calderas may form as a result of precursory tumescence, subsidence due
withdrawal of magmatic support, resurgence, and regional tectonism. Structural reactivation …

The italian quaternary volcanism

AC Stefano Branca, R Cioni, AM Conte… - Alpine and …, 2023 - iris.uniroma1.it
The peninsular and insular Italy are punctuated by Quaternary volcanoes and their rocks
constitute an important aliquot of the Italian Quaternary sedimentary successions. Also away …

Soil gas radon assessment and development of a radon risk map in Bolsena, Central Italy

G Cinelli, L Tositti, B Capaccioni, E Brattich… - … geochemistry and health, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Vulsini Volcanic district in Northern Latium (Central Italy) is characterized by high
natural radiation background resulting from the high concentrations of uranium, thorium and …