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Mind Map by courtney.m.w, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by courtney.m.w
over 11 years ago
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Mount Etna 2002
- Monitoring
- data continuously
recorded by perminant
monitoring stations
- geochemical
monitoring prorams
test gas (SO2)
emissions at summit
craters + flanks on
site
- INGV has monitored the
volcano for 20 years
- network of monitoring
systems connected in
real time to the
monitoring centre,
- network of monitoring
systems connected in
real time to the
monitoring centre,
- data continuously
recorded by perminant
monitoring stations
- Background
- fertile volcanic soils
support agriculture e.g.
vineyards and orchards
- fissures open up
releasing lava from a
variety of locations
- composite stratovolcano -
erupts basaltic lava of low
viscosity which is able to travel
great distances
- subduction of the African plate
beneath the Eurasian plate
- 25% of
sicily's
population
lives on its
slopes
- well monitored due to the
history of eruptions and
population density
- is a decade volcano
- fertile volcanic soils
support agriculture e.g.
vineyards and orchards
- potential hazards
- seismic activity
- connected with the
volcanic activity can
cause damage to
infrastructure
- connected with the
volcanic activity can
cause damage to
infrastructure
- gas plume emissions, volcanic dust and ash
- causes problem for
settlements and road and air
traffic
- causes problem for
settlements and road and air
traffic
- lahars - mudflows and
possible avalanches
- explosions of stem water ash
blocks and lava bombs
- seismic activity
- responces/managment
- army sent out
with buldozers to
crack tarmac to
build barriers for
the creation of
channels to
divert the lava
flow
- have a long history of
eruptions so they have
experience
- ship with medical
supplies was
ready near
Catania
- tax brakes for
people affected by
the eruption -£5.6
million
- army sent out
with buldozers to
crack tarmac to
build barriers for
the creation of
channels to
divert the lava
flow
- impacts
- airport in Catania was
closed for 4 days to
clear runways
- Tourism was effected
- 77 confirmed deaths
- 1000 people were evacuated
- skiing areas were
destroyed by lava
flows
- buildings which
attract tourists were
damaged
- 300 family
buisnesses were
damaged
- hundreads of ha of
forest on the slopes of
mt etna was
destroyed
- agriculture
- agriculture
- airport in Catania was
closed for 4 days to
clear runways
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