Conveners
Mt. Etna and Campi Flegrei
- Steffen Kutterolf (GEOMAR)
Mt Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, is located directly on the Sicilian coastline of the Ionian Sea. In addition to frequent Strombolian eruptions and less frequent flank eruoptions, Etna’s south-eastern flank is currently sliding seawards at a rate of several centimetres per year. Over the past decade, scientists from multiple countries and disciplines have intensely studied the...
During the RV Meteor research cruise M198 in 2024, numerous volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks from the submarine Mt. Etna flanks were recovered by dredging in two areas: a) in the “Timpe area” off Aci Trezza at depths between about 750 and 600 mbsl (metres below sea level), and b) within the “Amphitheater area” off Torre Archirafi, located between the Timpe Plateau and the submarine Riposto...
Volcanoes of the Mediterranean region have long and rich historical and geological histories, and records of past activity preserved as distal tephra that include some of the the most complete of anywhere around the world. These datasets allow for the quantification of eruption rates and eruptive fluxes through time, both at individual volcanoes and at the arc scale. They can be used to test...
The volcanic history of Mt. Etna is mainly known from studies of subaerial deposits and stratigraphy. However, little is known about the offshore deposits, which can provide a more detailed insight into geological and sedimentological processes affecting the flanks of Mt. Etna. During RV Meteor Cruise M178, eight gravity cores were taken offshore across the continental margin east of the...
The Campi Flegrei (CF) volcanic zone, Naples, southern Italy, is one of the most active volcanic systems in Europe and has been the source of some of the continent’s largest eruptions in the past 50 kyr. These include the Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) eruption (c. 40 ka, VEI = 7 [1]), the Masseria del Monte Tuff (MdMT) eruption, c. 29 ka, VEI = 6 [2]), and the Neapolitan Yellow Tuff (NYT) eruption...
