The campaign of measures within the framework of the Dynamic Planet Project – Wundervul (Toward a wider understanding of Vulcano) in the Levante Bay and Faraglione area. TheNational Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) he took part with various research groups from the Sections of Palermo, Catania (INGV-OE), Naples (INGV-OV), Rome (INGV-ONT) and Rome 1 (INGV).
The researchers, with the support of the Italian Coast Guard, carried out night-time thermal surveys and hyperspectral analyses of the crater The Pit, together with the Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA-CNR). In addition, a series of geophysical and geochemical measurements were carried out, with which the flow of carbon dioxide from the mud tank and the soil, the concentration of hydrogen sulfide in the air, the temperature of the soil and the bottom of the tank were detected.
Thanks to a mini-network of acoustic sensors it was possible to continuously record the infrasonic band and, with a hydrophone, marine degassing.
A weather station with an anemometer was installed in the area and a campaign of electrical resistivity measurements was carried out.
From all these measures it will be possible to create a database with data from that area of the Island, exposed to the risk of volcanic phenomena from intense degassing. These can be particularly dangerous especially during the summer period when the number of tourists increases significantly.
Photo 1 - A moment of the measurements
Photo 2 - An overview of the area where the surveys were carried out