Stromboli, Italy

Carl LipaniJabari Hurdle-Price

Department of GeologyColby College

Basic Info

http://volcanoes6.wikispaces.com/Stromboli http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/aeolian.htm

o Stratovolcanoo Sciara del Fucco

o “Stream of Fire”o 2 km in Diametero Elevation: 924 m

o Aeolian Islandso African Plate and Eurasian

Plate Subduction Zone

Tectonics

http://geology.com/volcanoes/stromboli/

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/

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

Eruptions

• Active Eruptions for 2,000+ years• Intervals from minutes to hours daily• Major Eruptions: 1919, 1930, 2003• Strombolian

“Lighthouse of the Mediterranean”

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2014/08/isole-eolie-stromboli-leruzione-e-il-vulcano-tra-storia-miti-e-leggende/309832/

Rocks and Deposits

o Major rocks:o Potassium rich basalt and andesite

o Minor rocks:o Tephrite basanite

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/2013/03/08/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/commons/f/f1/HomemadeStromboliAug05.jpg

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

Active monitoring

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013795205000529

New integrated geodetic monitoring system at Stromboli volcano

=Permanent GPS Stations

Back up Systems“Real-time Monitoring”

Bibliography

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• "Global Volcanism Program | Stromboli.”, http://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=211040&vtab=Background (accessed 24 January, 2015)

• Right Now I/O, http://www.rightnow.io/breaking-news/volcano-stromboli_bn_1358094690602.html , (Accessed 24 January, 2015)

• Stromboli Erupts, http://montaraventures.com/blog/2007/02/28/stroboli-erupts/ (Accessed 25 January 2015)

• Stromboli – Italy, http://geology.com/volcanoes/stromboli/ (Accessed 24 January, 2015) • Stromboli Volcano, http://geology.com/volcanoes/stromboli/stromboli-volcano.jpg (Accessed

24 January, 2015)• Travel Tips, http://traveltips.usatoday.com/mt-stromboli-volcano-information-62084.html

(accessed 25 January, 2015)• Volcano, Eolian Islands, Italy, http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/stromboli.html (accessed 24

January, 2015)