Project overview
General project information:
Name: I-VOLCAN (Italian VOLCanological observatory in ANtarctica)
Fund: Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA)
Partners:
Università degli Studi di Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Sezioni di Catania, Palermo, Pisa)
Introduction:
Outcomes of recent studies have confirmed that Melbourne and Rittmann volcanoes (Victoria Land) are active and hazardous. This evidence together with the significant increase in permanent settlement and seasonal presence of scientists, technicians and tourists in Victoria Land underlines the importance of the institution of a Volcanological Observatory to mitigate the risk of future eruptions for the Antarctic communities living in this area.
Objectives:
Objectives:
The Volcanological Observatory will have the following objectives:
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the development of a monitoring system primarily of Melbourne and secondarily of Rittmann. This will require the creation of a multiparametric sensor network deployed on both volcanoes;
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such a network will provide a continuous stream of multidisciplinary data that will be shared with the international scientific community, improving the knowledge in volcanology, as well as in other disciplines such as geophysics, geodynamics, glaciology, climate and biology.