SEISMICITY, VOLCANOES, DATA AND MODELS
Session 1.1
Recent advancements in earthquake, active fault, and seismogenic process studies
Convenors of the session:
Paolo Galli (DPC) – paolo.galli@protezionecivile.it
Edoardo Peronace (CNR) – edoardo.peronace@cnr.it
Angela Saraò (OGS) – asarao@ogs.it
Luisa Valoroso (INGV) – luisa.valoroso@ingv.it
Four hundred years ago, in 1627, a frightful earthquake struck northern Apulia, at a time when seismic events were barely perceived as a significant threat in this and other regions. Today, how far have we advanced in understanding how strong earthquakes can be, and where they originate, and how often they recur in Italy and beyond?
New field observations, multidisciplinary datasets, and increasingly sophisticated numerical of natural and experimental models of faults behavior are providing unprecedented insights into active faults, seismogenic sources, and earthquake rupture. Yet fundamental questions remain, as which faults are truly active and which are capable of generating surface rupture. How well can we link the faults we observe today to the earthquakes of the past and to those that may occur in the future?
We invite contributions addressing the following topics:
- Field and remote-sensing investigations of active faults, including their structural and Quaternary setting.
- Paleoseismology and archaeoseismology as tools for reconstructing past earthquakes and improving earthquake catalogues.
- Investigation and classification of active and capable faults for seismic microzonation studies, in both tectonic and volcanic settings.
- Historical seismicity and Macroseismic studies.
- Case studies of past and recent major earthquakes.
- Analysis of seismicity patterns and earthquake clustering to investigate fault geometry and interactions, seismicity evolution and earthquake preparatory processes.
- Seismic source studies through seismic, geodetic and/or other multidisciplinary datasets.
- Fault deformation and slip behavior throughout the earthquake cycle.
- Insights into earthquake rupture and fault mechanics from numerical modeling and laboratory experiments.
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The role of geofluids in earthquakes, volcanoes and geothermal fields: from observations to 3D modeling
Convenors of the session:
Mimmo Palano (mimmo.palano@unipa.it)
Chiara D’Ambrogi (chiara.dambrogi@isprambiente.it)
Francesca Di Luccio (francescadiluccio@ingv.it)
Cristina Totaro (cristina.totaro@unime.it)
Geofluids (particularly water, sulphur and carbon dioxide) play a pivotal role in a variety of geological processes on our planet. For example, fluid overpressure along faults is considered a primary mechanism facilitating earthquake slip. At active volcanoes, fluids govern magma accumulation in the crust, magma ascent and ultimately eruptive style. In geothermal systems, fluids transport heat and rare elements from the Earth’s interior to the surface, serving as a renewable energy source and generating mineral ore. Constraining the 3D structural architecture of the crust and incorporating field observations are essential steps to accurately image and understand these fluid-driven systems.
This session aims at bringing together contributions that explore the critical role of fluids in driving Earth’s tectonics and in controlling volcanic and geothermal systems. The goal is to present and discuss recent advances on earthquake-related hydrologic and geochemical observed temporal changes, diffuse degassing in active tectonic, geothermal and volcanic settings, with a focus on 3D modeling and multidisciplinary data integration. We encourage the submission of contributions on the following topics:
- Geophysical imaging
- Geochemical data and observations
- 3D geological modeling and subsurface structural reconstructions
- Sub-crustal and deep hydrology
- Fluid-fault interaction and slip
- Rocks rheology and fluids
- Petrological investigations
- Field observations
- Remote sensing observation
- Geodetic data
- Hyperspectral imaging
- Volcano monitoring
- Effusive/explosive activity
- Hazard assessment
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Session 1.3
Physical models for the Solid Earth and integration between modeling and data of different nature
Convenors of the session:
Anna Maria Marotta (UniMI) – anna.maria.marotta@unimi.it
Carla Braitenberg (UniTS) – berg@units.it
Barbara Orecchio (UniME) – barbara.orecchio@unime.it
Francesca Funiciello (UniRM3) – francesca.funiciello@uniroma3.it
This session welcomes contributions in which the processes involving the Earth’s crust, mantle and core are studied with a strongly physical approach, also integrated with data of different nature for a better understanding of the phenomena under examination.
Contributions on the following topics are encouraged:
- Forward and inverse physical models of Solid Earth processes at different wavelengths and time scales;
- Techniques and quantitative methods for analyzing large amounts of geophysical data of different nature and at very high resolution, both terrestrial and satellite (eg. GNSS, SAR, Gravitational, Seismological, Magnetometric, Thermal, etc.)
- Interactions between Solid Earth processes and the Hydrosphere and the Atmosphere.
Planetology studies regarding the internal physical processes occurring on planets, both internal and external to the solar system, are also welcome.