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Stromboli, Italy Carl Lipani Jabari Hurdle-Price Department of Geology Colby College
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Basic Info http://volcanoes6.wikispaces.com/Stromboli http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/aeolian.htm o Stratovolcano o Sciara del Fucco o “Stream of Fire” o 2 km in Diameter o Elevation: 924 m o Aeolian Islands o African Plate and Eurasian Plate Subduction Zone
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Tectonics http://geology.com/volcanoes/stromboli/
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Mount Etna Theory: a microplate called the Ionian Plate broke and pushed into the Eurasian Plate, creating an opening in the Earth connecting to the mantle http://geology.com/volcanoes/etna/
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Continued Hawaiian volcanoes are: - Mostly basaltic - Mafic magma - On top of a hot spot It is strange that Mt. Etna and Stromboli are so basaltic and have mafic magma
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Eruptions Active Eruptions for 2,000+ years Intervals from minutes to hours daily Major Eruptions: 1919, 1930, 2003 Strombolian
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“Lighthouse of the Mediterranean” http://www.meteoweb.eu/2014/08/isole-eolie-stromboli-leruzione-e-il-vulcano-tra-storia-miti-e-leggende/309832/
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Rocks and Deposits o Major rocks: o Potassium rich basalt and andesite o Minor rocks: o Tephrite basanite
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Interesting info In Jules Verne’s novel Journey to the Center of the Earth (Voyage au Centre de la Terre), Axel and Otto Lidenbrock emerge from their subterranean journey from the volcano on Stromboli Stromboli the movie! Stromboli the Food! https://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/201 3/03/08/stromboli-1950-roberto-rossellini/ http://blogs.agu.org/georneys/2012/11/20/what- to-buy-a-geologist-for-christmas-2012-edition/ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/common s/f/f1/HomemadeStromboliAug05.jpg
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Tourism Villages have a population of 500 people More than 7,000 residents inhabit the island during the summer The hike from the villages to the summit normally takes three hours of hiking Very rare to get hurt or die from the volcano
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Active monitoring http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001379520500052 9 New integrated geodetic monitoring system at Stromboli volcano =Permanent GPS Stations Back up Systems “Real-time Monitoring”
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Bibliography Geological framework of the Eolian Islands, http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/boris/mirror/mirrored_html/EOLIEgeol.html ( accessed 26 January, 2015) http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/boris/mirror/mirrored_html/EOLIEgeol.html "Global Volcanism Program | Stromboli.”, http://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=211040&vtab=Background (accessed 24 January, 2015) http://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=211040&vtab=Background Right Now I/O, http://www.rightnow.io/breaking-news/volcano- stromboli_bn_1358094690602.html, (Accessed 24 January, 2015)http://www.rightnow.io/breaking-news/volcano- stromboli_bn_1358094690602.html Stromboli Erupts, http://montaraventures.com/blog/2007/02/28/stroboli-erupts/ (Accessed 25 January 2015) http://montaraventures.com/blog/2007/02/28/stroboli-erupts/ Stromboli – Italy, http://geology.com/volcanoes/stromboli/ (Accessed 24 January, 2015)http://geology.com/volcanoes/stromboli/ Stromboli Volcano, http://geology.com/volcanoes/stromboli/stromboli-volcano.jpg (Accessed 24 January, 2015)http://geology.com/volcanoes/stromboli/stromboli-volcano.jpg Travel Tips, http://traveltips.usatoday.com/mt-stromboli-volcano-information-62084.html (accessed 25 January, 2015)http://traveltips.usatoday.com/mt-stromboli-volcano-information-62084.html Volcano, Eolian Islands, Italy, http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/stromboli.html (accessed 24 January, 2015)http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/stromboli.html
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