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The Bortoluzzi Mud Volcano (Ionian Sea, Italy) and its potential for tracking the seismic cycle of active faults
Marco Cuffaro
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, CNR, Rome, Italy
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, CNR, Rome, Italy
Sabina Bigi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Rome, Italy
Alessandro Bosman
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, CNR, Rome, Italy
Cinzia G. Caruso
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Palermo, Italy
Alessia Conti
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Rome, Italy
Andrea Corbo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Palermo, Italy
Antonio Costanza
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Gibilmanna, Italy
Giuseppe D'Anna
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Gibilmanna, Italy
Carlo Doglioni
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Rome, Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
Paolo Esestime
Spectrum Geo Ltd, Woking, UK
Gioacchino Fertitta
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Gibilmanna, Italy
Luca Gasperini
Istituto di Scienze Marine, CNR, Bologna, Italy
Francesco Italiano
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Palermo, Italy
Gianluca Lazzaro
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Palermo, Italy
Marco Ligi
Istituto di Scienze Marine, CNR, Bologna, Italy
Manfredi Longo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Palermo, Italy
Eleonora Martorelli
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, CNR, Rome, Italy
Lorenzo Petracchini
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, CNR, Rome, Italy
Patrizio Petricca
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Rome, Italy
Alina Polonia
Istituto di Scienze Marine, CNR, Bologna, Italy
Tiziana Sgroi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
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Short summary
The Ionian Sea in southern Italy is at the center of active convergence between the Eurasian and African plates, with many known
Mw > 7.0 earthquakes. Here, a recently discovered mud volcano (called the Bortoluzzi Mud Volcano or BMV) was surveyed during the Seismofaults 2017 cruise (May 2017). The BMV is the active emergence of crustal fluids probably squeezed up during the seismic cycle. As such, the BMV may potentially be used to track the seismic cycle of active faults.
The Ionian Sea in southern Italy is at the center of active convergence between the Eurasian and...
