Articles | Volume 52
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-52-29-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-52-29-2020
10 Jun 2020
 | 10 Jun 2020

Low frequency seismic source investigation in volcanic environment: the Mt. Vesuvius atypical case

Simona Petrosino and Paola Cusano

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We present a detailed analysis of the atypical low frequency seismicity occurred at Mt. Vesuvius in 2003-2018. The different decay patterns of the spectra, the existence of families as well as single events, the wide seismogenic volume, indicate that these events are caused by distinct source mechanisms: slow brittle failure in dry rocks and resonance of fluid-filled cracks. On these basis, we classified the earthquakes as Low Frequency (LF) and Long Period (LP).