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The Stromboli Volcano landslides of December 2002: A seismological description
Author(s) -
Pino N. A.,
Ripepe M.,
Cimini G. B.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2003gl018385
Subject(s) - subaerial , geology , slump , seismology , seismogram , landslide , volcano , tiltmeter , submarine , volume (thermodynamics) , submarine landslide , oceanography , amplitude , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , cement , history
We analyse seismograms of the slump episodes at Stromboli on December 30, 2002. Using a simple single force model, we estimate the volume involved in the individual subevents and attempt a chronological reconstruction of the whole process. Our results indicate the occurrence of two main events that could be interpreted as a submarine slump, which caused the observed tsunami, and a subaerial slump, which did not produce destructive sea waves. A total volume of about 20 × 10 6 m 3 results for the submarine event, which developed over about 2 minutes with several distinct detachments, the first and largest displacing a volume of 10.8 × 10 6 m 3 . The second, subaerial, slump involved at least 2.5 × 10 6 m 3 , in about 90 s. A large long period pulse is also recognizable in the seismograms of the Stromboli station. We tentatively interpret this feature as tilt caused by the water load associated with the inundation in the Ficogrande area, on the northeastern side of the island.