A two-dimensional active seismic experiment was performed on Mount
Vesuvius: Explosive charges were set off at three sites, and the
seismic signal along a dense line of 82 seismometers was recorded.
A high-velocity basement, formed by Mesozoic carbonates, was identified
2 to 3 kilometers beneath the volcano. A slower (P-wave velocity
VP 3.4 to 3.8 kilometers per second) and shallower high-velocity
zone underlies the central part of the volcano. Large-amplitude late
arrivals with a dominant horizontal wave motion and low-frequency
content were identified as a P to S phase converted at a depth of
about 10 kilometers at the top of a low-velocity zone (VP < 3 kilometers
per second), which might represent a melting zone. 10.1126/science.274.5287.592
%0 Journal Article
%1 zollo_etal:1996
%A Zollo, A.
%A Gasparini, P.
%A Virieux, J.
%A Le Meur, H.
%A De Natale, G.
%A Biella, G.
%A Boschi, E.
%A Capuano, P.
%A De Franco, R.
%A Dell'Aversana, P.
%A De Matteis, R.
%A Guerra, I.
%A Iannaccone, G.
%A Mirabile, L.
%A Vilardo, G.
%D 1996
%J Science
%K geophysics seismics
%N 5287
%P 592--594
%R 10.1126/science.274.5287.592
%T Seismic evidence for a low-velocity zone in the upper crust beneath
Mount Vesuvius
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.274.5287.592
%V 274
%X A two-dimensional active seismic experiment was performed on Mount
Vesuvius: Explosive charges were set off at three sites, and the
seismic signal along a dense line of 82 seismometers was recorded.
A high-velocity basement, formed by Mesozoic carbonates, was identified
2 to 3 kilometers beneath the volcano. A slower (P-wave velocity
VP 3.4 to 3.8 kilometers per second) and shallower high-velocity
zone underlies the central part of the volcano. Large-amplitude late
arrivals with a dominant horizontal wave motion and low-frequency
content were identified as a P to S phase converted at a depth of
about 10 kilometers at the top of a low-velocity zone (VP < 3 kilometers
per second), which might represent a melting zone. 10.1126/science.274.5287.592
@article{zollo_etal:1996,
abstract = {A two-dimensional active seismic experiment was performed on Mount
Vesuvius: Explosive charges were set off at three sites, and the
seismic signal along a dense line of 82 seismometers was recorded.
A high-velocity basement, formed by Mesozoic carbonates, was identified
2 to 3 kilometers beneath the volcano. A slower (P-wave velocity
VP 3.4 to 3.8 kilometers per second) and shallower high-velocity
zone underlies the central part of the volcano. Large-amplitude late
arrivals with a dominant horizontal wave motion and low-frequency
content were identified as a P to S phase converted at a depth of
about 10 kilometers at the top of a low-velocity zone (VP < 3 kilometers
per second), which might represent a melting zone. 10.1126/science.274.5287.592},
added-at = {2012-09-01T13:08:21.000+0200},
author = {Zollo, A. and Gasparini, P. and Virieux, J. and Le Meur, H. and De Natale, G. and Biella, G. and Boschi, E. and Capuano, P. and De Franco, R. and Dell'Aversana, P. and De Matteis, R. and Guerra, I. and Iannaccone, G. and Mirabile, L. and Vilardo, G.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ed550550c4f303ac2b1bfd3ed0b85641/nilsma},
day = 25,
doi = {10.1126/science.274.5287.592},
interhash = {07abfe7e2e4d2e9b44c7f0bf799fa294},
intrahash = {ed550550c4f303ac2b1bfd3ed0b85641},
journal = {Science},
keywords = {geophysics seismics},
month = oct,
number = 5287,
pages = {592--594},
timestamp = {2021-02-09T13:26:58.000+0100},
title = {Seismic evidence for a low-velocity zone in the upper crust beneath
Mount Vesuvius},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.274.5287.592},
volume = 274,
year = 1996
}