Gas hazard assessment at the Monticchio crater lakes of Mt. Vulture, a volcano in Southern Italy

Caracausi, Antonio; Nuccio, P. M.; Favara, Rocco; Nicolosi, Marco; Paternoster, Michele

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00858.x

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“…Vulture groundwater has been the subject of study by Barbieri and Morotti (2003), Gambardella et al (2006), Paternoster et al (2008) and Caracausi et al (2009). On the basis of Sr isotopic analyses, Barbieri and Morotti (2003) suggested that the chemical composition for most springs is likely to depend on their interaction with volcanic rocks.…”

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“…Vulture hydrological basin is one of the more important in Southern Italy and the main Italian reservoir of effervescent-mineral waters that are pumped for drinking and irrigation purposes. It is characterized by the presence of numerous CO 2 -rich mineral springs and wells, and the two volcanic maars-called "Laghi di Monticchio"-inside the caldera (Paternoster, 2005;Gambardella et al, 2006;Caracausi et al, 2009).…”

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“…Vulture groundwaters have a meteoric origin. Recently, Caracausi et al (2009) have carried out a geochemical investigation of the two maar lakes suggesting that the dissolved CO 2 is mainly of magmatic origin while the CH 4 has biogenic source.…”

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Groundwaters of Mt. Vulture volcano, southern Italy: Chemistry and sulfur isotope composition of dissolved sulfate

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We report the chemical composition of groundwaters-including the first data on the sulfur isotopic composition of dissolved sulfate-from the volcanic aquifers of Mt. Vulture, one of the most important hydrological basins of southern Italy. A total of 27 water samples taken at different altitudes among drilled wells and springs were collected. The majority of groundwaters have a bicarbonate alkaline and bicarbonate alkaline-earth composition. High-salinity waters are sulfatebicarbonate alkaline in composition. The water-rock interaction process is mainly affected from uprising of CO 2 -rich gases which cause an increase of the water acidity promoting basalt weathering with an enrichment in certain chemical species (i.e., Na + , Ca 2+ , SO 4 2-) and a high total carbon content. The δ 34 S values of dissolved sulfate ranging from +4‰ to +8.6‰ can be explained by leaching of volcanites. Higher δ 34 S values (from 9.6‰ to 10.4‰) detected in a few water springs can be ascribed either to the interaction with the pyroclastic layer rich in feldspathoids, such as haüyna, that have sulfur isotopic compositions up to +10.6‰ or animal manure contamination inducing localized bacterial sulfate reduction with an increase in the δ 34 S of sulfate. Taking into account that Upper Triassic evaporite deposits have higher δ 34 S values (from +13.5‰ to +17.4‰,) than those measured in all water samples the dissolution of these deposits could be excluded.

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“…Information on the volcanic lakes is now available from the VOLADA (2013) database (https://vhub.org/resources/2822). Although Lakes Monoun and Nyos in Cameroon became notoriously famous because of the gas disasters in the mid-1980s, other CO 2 -rich volcanic lakes exist in the world, e.g., Lake Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, see below for references), Laacher See (Germany) (Aeschbach-Hertig et al, 1996), Lake Van (Anatolia in eastern Turkey) (Kipfer et al, 1994), Lago Albano and the two Monticchio lakes (Italy) (Anzidei et al, 2008;Caracausi et al, 2009), Laguna Hule and Rio Cuarto (Costa Rica) (Alvarado et al, 2011), and Lac Pavin (France) (Aeschbach-Hertig et al, 1999).…”

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Lakes Nyos and Monoun Gas Disasters (Cameroon)—Limnic Eruptions Caused by Excessive Accumulation of Magmatic CO<sub>2</sub> in Crater Lakes

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“…limnic eruption , cf. Sigurdsson et al 1987 ;Schmid et al 2005 ;Caracausi et al 2009 ;Mott and Woods 2010 ).…”

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Lake Pavin Paleolimnology and Event Stratigraphy

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International audienceIn this chapter we present an up-to-date database of sedimentary sequences retrieved from Lake Pavin during the last 50 years in both oxic and anoxic waters. The detailed history of this mid Holocene crater lake can be reconstructed from the correlation of radiocarbon dated sedimentary sequences retrieved from the deep central basin, a subaquatic plateau and littoral environments. High-resolution measurements of sediment composition (diffuse spectral refl ectance, XRF core scanning) combined with the analysis of organic matter composition and preliminary pollen and diatom assemblages investigations on selected sediment cores are used to reconstruct (i) the evolution since ca. 7000 cal BP of Lake Pavin limnology together with its radiocarbon reservoir effect and (ii) the impact of a wide range of subaquatic slope failure events. Such a multidisciplinary approach of Lake Pavin basin fi ll revealed contrasted sedimentation patterns just after the volcanic eruption and following the development of a dense vegetation cover along the slopes of the crater. Pavin sedimenta-tion is rapidly and largely dominated by organic rich and fi nely laminated diatomite formation , but several short periods of enhanced mineral inputs might refl ect the infl uence of wetter periods, such as the Little Ice Age. Over the last millennium two large subaquatic mass wasting events are also identifi ed and may have signifi cantly impacted its limnology

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Gas hazard assessment at the Monticchio crater lakes of Mt. Vulture, a volcano in Southern Italy

Cited by 40 publications

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Groundwaters of Mt. Vulture volcano, southern Italy: Chemistry and sulfur isotope composition of dissolved sulfate

Groundwaters of Mt. Vulture volcano, southern Italy: Chemistry and sulfur isotope composition of dissolved sulfate

Lakes Nyos and Monoun Gas Disasters (Cameroon)—Limnic Eruptions Caused by Excessive Accumulation of Magmatic CO<sub>2</sub> in Crater Lakes

Lake Pavin Paleolimnology and Event Stratigraphy

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