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Defining a 3D physical model for the hydrothermal circulation at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy)

Author(s)
Petrillo, Z.  
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia  
Chiodini, G.  
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia  
Mangiacapra, A.  
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia  
Caliro, S.  
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia  
Capuano, P.  
Università degli Studi di Salerno, Dipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello”, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy  
Russo, G.  
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Via Cintia, Napoli, Italy  
Cardellini, C.  
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Perugia, Piazza dell'Università, 06123 Perugia, Italy  
Avino, R.  
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia  
Language
English
Obiettivo Specifico
1.2. TTC - Sorveglianza geochimica delle aree vulcaniche attive
2.4. TTC - Laboratori di geochimica dei fluidi
4.5. Studi sul degassamento naturale e sui gas petroliferi
Status
Published
JCR Journal
JCR Journal
Peer review journal
Yes
Journal
Journal of volcanology and geothermal research  
Issue/vol(year)
/264(2013)
ISSN
0377-0273
Electronic ISSN
1872-6097
Publisher
Elsevier Science Limited
Pages (printed)
172-182
Date Issued
2013
DOI
10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.08.008
URI
https://www.earth-prints.org/handle/2122/8849
Subjects
03. Hydrosphere::03.02. Hydrology::03.02.04. Measurements and monitoring  
04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.12. Fluid Geochemistry  
04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.01. Gases  
04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.07. Instruments and techniques  
Subjects

Campi Flegrei

Geothermal system

3D model

Water table topograph...

Abstract
Our study is aimed to develop a 3D physical model of the Campi Flegrei geothermal system, in order to achieve a
more accurate and comprehensive representation of the hydrothermal processes occurring in the caldera. The
new model, developed by using the TOUGH2 code simulator, accounts for the caldera rocks' physical properties,
bathymetry and water table topography. In particular, the computational domain is constrained by density values
obtained by tomographic inversion of gravity data collected during several surveys at CF both onshore and offshore
the caldera. Empirical relations between density and porosity and between porosity and permeability, derived
by published data on samples cored in deep wells or collected in outcrops, allowed us to characterize the
main rocks physical parameters controlling the dynamic of the CF geothermal system. We have performed and
compared several simulations investigating the effects of the injection at depth, underneath Solfatara crater, of
a hot gaseous mixture rich in CO2. We show that, with respect to the available literature on 2D axisymmetric
models, the effects of the water table topography together with the bathymetry and the heterogeneous distribution
of the rocks' physical properties, lead to important differences in the hydrothermal circulation of fluids at CF.
These constraints allow the activation of convective cells with different behaviors, which produce variable patterns
of temperature inside the hydrothermal system. As a consequence, the predominant effect is again represented
by a central plume below the Solfatara crater, but with a non-axisymmetric structure and a wider
extension. Additionally, high temperature zones are present near the coastline and in the middle part of the submerged
area of the caldera with a SE–NW alignment.
Moreover, our results indicate that, the submerged part of the CF caldera would deserve a more accurate study
and survey, being affected by phenomenon of heating and degassing. This information could be very useful in
terms of hazard assessment and volcanic risk mitigation in such an active and densely inhabited volcanic and
geothermal area.
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