Articles | Volume 52
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-52-41-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-52-41-2020
25 Aug 2020
 | 25 Aug 2020

Repeated absolute gravity measurements on a dense network at Campi Flegrei – a reliable tool for volcano monitoring

Giovanna Berrino and Giuseppe Ricciardi

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Thanks to the availability of a portable absolute gravimeter allowing field operations, in 2015 a dense absolute gravity network was established in Campi Flegrei and till 2019 five surveys were carried out. Results suggest that the present activity may be due to the alternating recharge/discharge of fluids in the surface hydrothermal system. They also confirms the feasibility of this methodology for volcano monitoring, and encourage replacing the relative networks with absolute ones.