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Authors: | Acocella, V.* Behncke, B.* Neri, M.* D'Amico, S.* |
Title: | Link between major flank slip and 2002–2003 eruption at Mt. Etna (Italy) | Other Titles: | Flank slip and eruption at Etna | Journal: | Geophysical Research Letters | Series/Report no.: | 24/30 (2003) | Publisher: | American Geophysical Union | Issue Date: | 27-Dec-2003 | DOI: | 10.1029/2003GL018642 | URL: | http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2003/2003GL018642.shtml | Keywords: | volcano seismology surface fracturing flank slip eruption Etna |
Subject Classification: | 04. Solid Earth::04.01. Earth Interior::04.01.99. General or miscellaneous 04. Solid Earth::04.01. Earth Interior::04.01.02. Geological and geophysical evidences of deep processes 04. Solid Earth::04.02. Exploration geophysics::04.02.99. General or miscellaneous 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.99. General or miscellaneous 04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.09. Structural geology 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.99. General or miscellaneous 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.01. Earthquake faults: properties and evolution 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.02. Earthquake interactions and probability 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.08. Volcano seismology 04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.11. Seismic risk 04. Solid Earth::04.07. Tectonophysics::04.07.99. General or miscellaneous 04. Solid Earth::04.07. Tectonophysics::04.07.02. Geodynamics 04. Solid Earth::04.07. Tectonophysics::04.07.05. Stress 04. Solid Earth::04.07. Tectonophysics::04.07.07. Tectonics 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.99. General or miscellaneous 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.03. Magmas 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.05. Volcanic rocks 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.08. Volcanic risk 05. General::05.02. Data dissemination::05.02.03. Volcanic eruptions |
Abstract: | The 2002–2003 Etna eruption is studied through earthquake distributions and surface fracturing. In September 2002, earthquake-induced surface rupture (sinistral offset 0.48 m) occurred along the E-W striking Pernicana Fault (PF), on the NE flank. In late October, a flank eruption accompanied further ( 0.77 m) surface rupturing, reaching a total sinistral offset of 1.25 m; the deformation then propagated for 18 km eastwards to the coastline (sinistral offset 0.03 m) and southwards, along the NW-SE striking Timpe (dextral offset 0.04 m) and, later, Trecastagni faults (dextral offset 0.035 m). Seismicity (<4 km bsl) on the E flank accompanied surface fracturing: fault plane solutions indicate an overall ESEWNWextension direction, consistent with ESE slip of the E flank also revealed by ground fractures. A three-stage model of flank slip is proposed: inception (September earthquake), climax (accelerated slip and eruption) and propagation (E and S migration of the deformation). |
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