TY - JOUR

T1 - TOMO-ETNA experiment at Etna volcano

T2 - Activities on land

AU - TOMO-ETNA

AU - Ibáñez, Jesús M.

AU - Díaz-Moreno, Alejandro

AU - Prudencio, Janire

AU - Patanè, Domenico

AU - Zuccarello, Luciano

AU - Cocina, Ornella

AU - Lühr, Birger Gottfried

AU - Carrión, Francisco

AU - Coltelli, Mauro

AU - Bruno, Pier Paolo G.

AU - Bianco, Francesca

AU - Hellweg, Margaret

AU - Abreu, Rafael

AU - Alguacil, Gerardo

AU - Álvarez, Isaac

AU - Aranda, Carolina

AU - Benítez, Carmen

AU - Buontempo, Luisa

AU - Feriche, Mercedes

AU - García, Luz

AU - García-Quiroga, Daniel

AU - Martín, José B.

AU - Morales, José

AU - Serrano, Inmaculada

AU - Titos, Manuel

AU - Urbano, Lucia

AU - Aiesi, Gianpiero

AU - Azzaro, Raffaele

AU - Barberi, Graziella

AU - Cantarero, Massimo

AU - Cappuccio, Pasqualino

AU - Cavallaro, Danilo

AU - Contrafatto, Danilo

AU - Di Prima, Sergio

AU - Falsaperla, Susanna

AU - Carlino, Marco Firetto

AU - Giampiccolo, Elisabetta

AU - Larocca, Graziano

AU - Musumeci, Carla

AU - Paratore, Mario

AU - Pellegrino, Daniele

AU - Pulvirenti, Mario

AU - Rapisarda, Salvatore

AU - Sassano, Marco

AU - Scarfì, Luciano

AU - Scuderi, Luciano

AU - Sicali, Antonino

AU - Tusa, Giuseppina

AU - Tuvè, Tiziana

AU - Koulakov, Ivan

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - In the present paper we describe the on-land field operations integrated in the TOMO-ETNA experiment carried out in June-November 2014 at Mt. Etna volcano and surrounding areas. This terrestrial campaign consists in the deployment of 90 short-period portable three-component seismic stations, 17 broadband seismometers and the coordination with 133 permanent seismic station belonging to Italy’s Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). This temporary seismic network recorded active and passive seismic sources. Active seismic sources were generated by an array of air-guns mounted in the Spanish oceanographic vessel “Sarmiento de Gamboa” with a power capacity of up to 5200 cubic inches. In total more than 26,000 shots were fired and more than 450 local and regional earthquakes were recorded. We describe the whole technical procedure followed to guarantee the success of this complex seismic experiment. We started with the description of the location of the potential safety places to deploy the portable network and the products derived from this search (a large document including full characterization of the sites, owners and indication of how to arrive to them). A full technical description of the seismometers and seismic sources is presented. We show how the portable seismic network was deployed, maintained and recovered in different stages. The large international collaboration of this experiment is reflected in the participation of more than 75 researchers, technicians and students from different institutions and countries in the on-land activities. The main objectives of the experiment were achieved with great success.

AB - In the present paper we describe the on-land field operations integrated in the TOMO-ETNA experiment carried out in June-November 2014 at Mt. Etna volcano and surrounding areas. This terrestrial campaign consists in the deployment of 90 short-period portable three-component seismic stations, 17 broadband seismometers and the coordination with 133 permanent seismic station belonging to Italy’s Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). This temporary seismic network recorded active and passive seismic sources. Active seismic sources were generated by an array of air-guns mounted in the Spanish oceanographic vessel “Sarmiento de Gamboa” with a power capacity of up to 5200 cubic inches. In total more than 26,000 shots were fired and more than 450 local and regional earthquakes were recorded. We describe the whole technical procedure followed to guarantee the success of this complex seismic experiment. We started with the description of the location of the potential safety places to deploy the portable network and the products derived from this search (a large document including full characterization of the sites, owners and indication of how to arrive to them). A full technical description of the seismometers and seismic sources is presented. We show how the portable seismic network was deployed, maintained and recovered in different stages. The large international collaboration of this experiment is reflected in the participation of more than 75 researchers, technicians and students from different institutions and countries in the on-land activities. The main objectives of the experiment were achieved with great success.

KW - Active and passive seismic experiment

KW - Active volcanoes

KW - Etna volcano

KW - Oceanographic vessels

KW - Seismic instruments

KW - Seismic tomography

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84989888694&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4401/ag-7080

DO - 10.4401/ag-7080

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84989888694

VL - 59

JO - Annals of Geophysics

JF - Annals of Geophysics

SN - 1593-5213

IS - 4

M1 - S0427

ER -