The peninsular and insular Italy are punctuated by Quaternary volcanoes and their rocks
constitute an important aliquot of the Italian Quaternary sedimentary successions. Also away …

Abstract The EU Center of Excellence for Exascale in Solid Earth (ChEESE) develops
exascale transition capabilities in the domain of Solid Earth, an area of geophysics rich in …

The ancient city of Pompeii, destroyed by the 79 CE Plinian eruption of Vesuvius, is one of
the most famous archaeological sites worldwide and an open-air laboratory for many …

The well-exposed Plinian fall deposit of the ad 79 Vesuvius eruption is herein divided into
12 lithostratigraphic units: seven units in the white pumice deposit and five units in the grey …

Seventeen pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) were produced before, during and after the
Plinian phase of the ad 79 eruption of Vesuvius. Their deposits were correlated using the …

Abstract The Calabrian Arc subduction-rollback system hosts seismogenic faults capable of
generating earthquakes exceeding magnitude 7. Since earthquakes are the result of long …

The casts of Pompeii bear witness to the people who died during the Vesuvius 79 AD
eruption. However, studies on the cause of death of these victims have not been conclusive …

Abstract The Osservatorio Vesuviano (OV) is the oldest volcano observatory in the world
having been founded in 1841 by the King of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand II of Bourbon. The …

Pollen analysis was carried out on the infilling succession of the Fossa San Vito sinkhole, at
the NE foothills of the Sarno Plain (Italy). Four 14C dates and six tephra layers constrain the …

The 79 CE eruption of Vesuvius is the first documented Plinian eruption, also famous for the
archaeological ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Although much is known regarding the …