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Doubly Stochastic Models for Volcanic Hazard Assessment at Campi Flegrei Caldera

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  • Strong inter-disciplinary approach merging Mathematics, Geology and Physics
  • Comprehensive study of volcanic hazard in a caldera system, including vent location, size of the eruption and time forecasts for the event
  • Uncertainty quantification with a detailed assessment of epistemic uncertainty

Part of the book series: Publications of the Scuola Normale Superiore (PSNS, volume 21)

Part of the book sub series: Theses (Scuola Normale Superiore) (TSNS)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction

    • Andrea Bevilacqua
    Pages 1-26
  3. Vent opening probability maps

    • Andrea Bevilacqua
    Pages 27-60
  4. Pyroclastic density current invasion maps

    • Andrea Bevilacqua
    Pages 61-94
  5. Time-space model for the next eruption

    • Andrea Bevilacqua
    Pages 95-124
  6. Addendum

    • Andrea Bevilacqua
    Pages 125-165
  7. Supporting information

    • Andrea Bevilacqua
    Pages 167-209
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 211-227

About this book

This study provides innovative mathematical models for assessing the eruption probability and associated volcanic hazards, and applies them to the Campi Flegrei caldera in Italy. Throughout the book, significant attention is devoted to quantifying the sources of uncertainty affecting the forecast estimates.

The Campi Flegrei caldera is certainly one of the world’s highest-risk volcanoes, with more than 70 eruptions over the last 15,000 years, prevalently explosive ones of varying magnitude, intensity and vent location. In the second half of the twentieth century the volcano apparently once again entered a phase of unrest that continues to the present. Hundreds of thousands of people live inside the caldera and over a million more in the nearby city of Naples, making a future eruption of Campi Flegrei an event with potentially catastrophic consequences at the national and European levels.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy

    Andrea Bevilacqua

  • Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Pisa, Italy

    Andrea Bevilacqua

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eBook USD 19.99
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Softcover Book USD 29.99
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