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- Title
Increasing CO<sub>2</sub> flux at Pisciarelli, Campi Flegrei, Italy.
- Authors
Queisser, Manuel; Granieri, Domenico; Burton, Mike; Arzilli, Fabio; Avino, Rosario; Carandente, Antonio
- Abstract
Campi Flegrei caldera is located in the metropolitan nucleus of Naples (Italy), and has been undergoing different stages of unrest since 1950, evidenced by episodes of significant ground uplift followed by minor subsidence, increasing and fluctuating emission strengths of water vapor and CO2 from fumaroles, and periodic seismic crises. We deployed a scanning laser remote sensing spectrometer (LARSS) that measures path integrated CO2 concentrations at the Pisciarelli area in May 2017. The resulting mean CO2 flux is 578 ± 246 t d-1. Our data suggest a significant increase in CO2 flux at this site since 2015. Together with recent geophysical observations, this suggests a greater contribution of the magmatic source to the degassing and/or an increase of permeability at shallow levels. Thanks to the integrated path soundings, LARSS proves to give representative measurements from large regions containing different CO2 sources, including fumaroles, low-T vents, and degassing soils, helping to constrain the contribution of deep gases and their migration mechanisms towards the surface.
- Subjects
PHLEGRAEAN Plain (Italy); CARBON dioxide &; the environment; LAND subsidence
- Publication
Solid Earth Discussions, 2017, p1
- ISSN
1869-9537
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/se-2017-70