Lahar events in the last 2000 years from Vesuvius eruptions – Part 1: Distribution and impact on densely inhabited territory estimated from field data analysis

Di Vito, Mauro Antonio; Rucco, Ilaria; de Vita, Sandro; Doronzo, Domenico Maria; Bisson, Marina; de' Michieli Vitturi, Mattia; Rosi, Mauro; Sandri, Laura; Zanchetta, Giovanni; Zanella, Elena; Costa, Antonio

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-405-2024

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Lahar events in the last 2000 years from Vesuvius eruptions – Part 1: Distribution and impact on densely inhabited territory estimated from field data analysis

Mauro Antonio Di Vito, Ilaria Rucco, Sandro de Vita, Domenico Maria Doronzo, Marina Bisson, Mattia de' Michieli Vitturi, Mauro Rosi, Laura Sandri, Giovanni Zanchetta, Elena Zanella, and Antonio Costa

Mauro Antonio Di Vito

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mauro.divito@ingv.it

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7913-9149

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – Sezione di Napoli Osservatorio Vesuviano, Naples, Italy

Ilaria Rucco

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8497-494X

School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

Sandro de Vita

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-7560

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – Sezione di Napoli Osservatorio Vesuviano, Naples, Italy

Domenico Maria Doronzo

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – Sezione di Napoli Osservatorio Vesuviano, Naples, Italy

Marina Bisson

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7104-9210

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Mattia de' Michieli Vitturi

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6750-9245

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Mauro Rosi

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Laura Sandri

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3254-2336

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Giovanni Zanchetta

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7080-9599

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Elena Zanella

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9508-7211

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy

Antonio Costa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4987-6471

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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We study the distribution of two historical pyroclastic fall–flow and lahar deposits from the sub-Plinian Vesuvius eruptions of 472 CE Pollena and 1631. The motivation comes directly from the widely distributed impact that both the eruptions and lahar phenomena had on the Campanian territory, not only around the volcano but also down the nearby Apennine valleys. Data on about 500 stratigraphic sections and modeling allowed us to evaluate the physical and dynamical impact of these phenomena.

We study the distribution of two historical pyroclastic fall–flow and lahar deposits from the...