Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2003/00105
The rift zones of Mt Etna: active or passive?
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr JB Murray, The Open University, Environment, Earth & Ecosystems
- Grant held at:
- The Open University, Environment, Earth & Ecosystems
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Volcanic Processes
- Geohazards
- Abstract:
- The 2002-3 eruption of Mt Etna, which has just finished, provides an ideal opportunity to test 2 hypotheses on the nature of volcanic rifts: (1) that they are volcanic rift-zones in the Hawaiian sense, with linear spaces beneath where magma may be stored for decades prior to eruptions, or (2) that on some volcanoes, no magma storage takes place beneath the rifts, but magma from the central magma column is from time to time induced to erupt along them by gravitational, topographical and/or structural constraints. Provided ground deformation measurements can be made at Etna soon, before magma storage areas are replenished, comparison with the data from 3 weeks before the eruption will provide distinctly different signals for these 2 models.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2003/00105
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Urgency
This grant award has a total value of £7,855
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S |
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| £7,854 |
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