Maurizio Battaglia
I am the deformation specialist for the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP). I write scientific software, train staff at volcano observatories, mentor young (and young at heart) scientists, model deformation and gravity data, and support volcano observatories during volcanic unrest.
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Twenty years (1990–2010) of geodetic monitoring of Galeras volcano (Colombia) from continuous tilt measurements. Twenty years (1990–2010) of geodetic monitoring of Galeras volcano (Colombia) from continuous tilt measurements.
Galeras - an andesitic stratovolcano part of the Galeras Volcanic Complex - is one of the most active volcanoes in Colombia. Historic activity is centered on a small-volume cone inside the youngest amphitheater, which breaches the west flank of the volcano. At least 30 confirmed eruption periods have been recorded in the past 480 years, with episodes of unrest ranging from weak fumarolic...
Authors
Lourdes Narvaez Medina, Dario F Arcos, Maurizio Battaglia
Construction of probabilistic event trees for eruption forecasting at Sinabung volcano, Indonesia 2013–14 Construction of probabilistic event trees for eruption forecasting at Sinabung volcano, Indonesia 2013–14
Eruptions of Sinabung volcano, Indonesia have been ongoing since 2013. Since that time, the character of eruptions has changed, from phreatic to phreatomagmatic to magmatic explosive eruptions, and from production of a lava dome that collapsed to a subsequent thick lava flow that slowly ceased to be active, and later, to a new lava dome. As the eruption progressed, event trees were...
Authors
Heather M. Wright, John S. Pallister, Wendy A. McCausland, Julia P. Griswold, Supriyati Andreastuti, Agus Budianto, Sofyan Primulyana, Maurizio Battaglia, Angie Diefenbach, John W. Ewert, Peter J. Kelly, Christoph Kern, Martin R. LaFevers, Andrew B. Lockhart, Jeffrey N. Marso, Gari C. Mayberry, Steve P. Schilling, Rick Wessels, Randall A. White, Nurnaning Aisyah, Nugraha Kartadinata, Kristianto, Raditya Putra, Ugan Boyson Saing, Agus Solihin, Yasa Suparman, Devy Damil Syahbana, Hetty Triastuty
Mass addition at Mount St. Helens, Washington, inferred from repeated gravity surveys Mass addition at Mount St. Helens, Washington, inferred from repeated gravity surveys
Measurements of subtle changes in the Earth’s gravityfield can provideinformation on the addition/loss of mass (e.g., magma or aqueousfluids) beneath a volcano. In this study, wemeasured gravity at Mount St. Helens from 2010 to 2016 to investigate possible mass changes followingthe 2004–2008 dome-forming eruption. The raw gravity measurements were corrected for changes in themass and...
Authors
Maurizio Battaglia, Michael Lisowski, Daniel Dzurisin, Michael P. Poland, Steve Schilling, Angela K. Diefenbach, Jeff Wynn
Magma transfer at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) before the 1538 AD eruption Magma transfer at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) before the 1538 AD eruption
Calderas are collapse structures related to the emptying of magmatic reservoirs, often associated with large eruptions from long-lived magmatic systems. Understanding how magma is transferred from a magma reservoir to the surface before eruptions is a major challenge. Here we exploit the historical, archaeological and geological record of Campi Flegrei caldera to estimate the surface...
Authors
Mauro A. Di Vito, Valerio Acocella, Giuseppe Aiello, Diana Barra, Maurizio Battaglia, Antonio Carandente, Carlo Del Gaudio, Sandro de Vita, Giovanni P. Ricciardi, Ciro Ricco, Roberto Scandone, Filippo Terrasi
A thermodynamical model for the surface tension of silicate melts in contact with H2O gas A thermodynamical model for the surface tension of silicate melts in contact with H2O gas
Surface tension plays an important role in the nucleation of H2O gas bubbles in magmatic melts and in the time-dependent rheology of bubble-bearing magmas. Despite several experimental studies, a physics based model of the surface tension of magmatic melts in contact with H2O is lacking. This paper employs gradient theory to develop a thermodynamical model of equilibrium surface tension...
Authors
Simone Colucci, Maurizio Battaglia, Raffaello Trigila
Shifts in the eruptive styles at Stromboli in 2010–2014 revealed by ground-based InSAR data Shifts in the eruptive styles at Stromboli in 2010–2014 revealed by ground-based InSAR data
Ground-Based Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (GBInSAR) is an efficient technique for capturing short, subtle episodes of conduit pressurization in open vent volcanoes like Stromboli (Italy), because it can detect very shallow magma storage, which is difficult to identify using other methods. This technique allows the user to choose the optimal radar location for measuring the...
Authors
Federico Di Traglia, Maurizio Battaglia, Teresa Nolesini, Daniela Lagomarsino, Nicola Casaglia
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Filter Total Items: 30
Twenty years (1990–2010) of geodetic monitoring of Galeras volcano (Colombia) from continuous tilt measurements. Twenty years (1990–2010) of geodetic monitoring of Galeras volcano (Colombia) from continuous tilt measurements.
Galeras - an andesitic stratovolcano part of the Galeras Volcanic Complex - is one of the most active volcanoes in Colombia. Historic activity is centered on a small-volume cone inside the youngest amphitheater, which breaches the west flank of the volcano. At least 30 confirmed eruption periods have been recorded in the past 480 years, with episodes of unrest ranging from weak fumarolic...
Authors
Lourdes Narvaez Medina, Dario F Arcos, Maurizio Battaglia
Construction of probabilistic event trees for eruption forecasting at Sinabung volcano, Indonesia 2013–14 Construction of probabilistic event trees for eruption forecasting at Sinabung volcano, Indonesia 2013–14
Eruptions of Sinabung volcano, Indonesia have been ongoing since 2013. Since that time, the character of eruptions has changed, from phreatic to phreatomagmatic to magmatic explosive eruptions, and from production of a lava dome that collapsed to a subsequent thick lava flow that slowly ceased to be active, and later, to a new lava dome. As the eruption progressed, event trees were...
Authors
Heather M. Wright, John S. Pallister, Wendy A. McCausland, Julia P. Griswold, Supriyati Andreastuti, Agus Budianto, Sofyan Primulyana, Maurizio Battaglia, Angie Diefenbach, John W. Ewert, Peter J. Kelly, Christoph Kern, Martin R. LaFevers, Andrew B. Lockhart, Jeffrey N. Marso, Gari C. Mayberry, Steve P. Schilling, Rick Wessels, Randall A. White, Nurnaning Aisyah, Nugraha Kartadinata, Kristianto, Raditya Putra, Ugan Boyson Saing, Agus Solihin, Yasa Suparman, Devy Damil Syahbana, Hetty Triastuty
Mass addition at Mount St. Helens, Washington, inferred from repeated gravity surveys Mass addition at Mount St. Helens, Washington, inferred from repeated gravity surveys
Measurements of subtle changes in the Earth’s gravityfield can provideinformation on the addition/loss of mass (e.g., magma or aqueousfluids) beneath a volcano. In this study, wemeasured gravity at Mount St. Helens from 2010 to 2016 to investigate possible mass changes followingthe 2004–2008 dome-forming eruption. The raw gravity measurements were corrected for changes in themass and...
Authors
Maurizio Battaglia, Michael Lisowski, Daniel Dzurisin, Michael P. Poland, Steve Schilling, Angela K. Diefenbach, Jeff Wynn
Magma transfer at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) before the 1538 AD eruption Magma transfer at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) before the 1538 AD eruption
Calderas are collapse structures related to the emptying of magmatic reservoirs, often associated with large eruptions from long-lived magmatic systems. Understanding how magma is transferred from a magma reservoir to the surface before eruptions is a major challenge. Here we exploit the historical, archaeological and geological record of Campi Flegrei caldera to estimate the surface...
Authors
Mauro A. Di Vito, Valerio Acocella, Giuseppe Aiello, Diana Barra, Maurizio Battaglia, Antonio Carandente, Carlo Del Gaudio, Sandro de Vita, Giovanni P. Ricciardi, Ciro Ricco, Roberto Scandone, Filippo Terrasi
A thermodynamical model for the surface tension of silicate melts in contact with H2O gas A thermodynamical model for the surface tension of silicate melts in contact with H2O gas
Surface tension plays an important role in the nucleation of H2O gas bubbles in magmatic melts and in the time-dependent rheology of bubble-bearing magmas. Despite several experimental studies, a physics based model of the surface tension of magmatic melts in contact with H2O is lacking. This paper employs gradient theory to develop a thermodynamical model of equilibrium surface tension...
Authors
Simone Colucci, Maurizio Battaglia, Raffaello Trigila
Shifts in the eruptive styles at Stromboli in 2010–2014 revealed by ground-based InSAR data Shifts in the eruptive styles at Stromboli in 2010–2014 revealed by ground-based InSAR data
Ground-Based Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (GBInSAR) is an efficient technique for capturing short, subtle episodes of conduit pressurization in open vent volcanoes like Stromboli (Italy), because it can detect very shallow magma storage, which is difficult to identify using other methods. This technique allows the user to choose the optimal radar location for measuring the...
Authors
Federico Di Traglia, Maurizio Battaglia, Teresa Nolesini, Daniela Lagomarsino, Nicola Casaglia