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CO2 hazard vs touristic attraction at the Mt. Amiata volcano (Italy). (Articolo in rivista)

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CO2 hazard vs touristic attraction at the Mt. Amiata volcano (Italy). (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

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2011-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)

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Vaselli O.[1,2], Nisi B.[3], Tassi F.[1,2], Rappuoli D.[4], Pancioli V. [5], Ucciero S.[1]Giannini L.[1,2] (2011)
CO2 hazard vs touristic attraction at the Mt. Amiata volcano (Italy).
in Acta vulcanologica (Pisa, Testo stamp.); Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, Pisa - Roma (Italia)
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Vaselli O.[1,2], Nisi B.[3], Tassi F.[1,2], Rappuoli D.[4], Pancioli V. [5], Ucciero S.[1]Giannini L.[1,2] (literal)

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73 (literal)

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80 (literal)

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[1] Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy [2] cnr-igg (Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse), Firenze, Italy [3] cnr-igg (Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse), Pisa, Italy [4] Unione dei Comuni Amiata -Val d'Orcia, Siena, Italy [5] Dipartimento della Protezione Civile - Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy (literal)

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CO2 hazard vs touristic attraction at the Mt. Amiata volcano (Italy). (literal)

Abstract

The ne flank of Mt. Amiata, an extinct Quaternary Volcano located in Southern Tuscany (Central Italy), is characterized by a large number of CO2-rich dry-vents mainly discharging from depressed areas (up to 10 m deep), predominantly concentrated between Bagni S. Filippo thermal spa to the east and Campiglia d'Orcia to the west. The last fatal accident caused by high concentrations of CO2 in one of these emissions and related to the Mt. Amiata degassing activity dates back to November 2003, when a hunter and his dog were suffocated by a CO2 cloud. In 2006 a study aimed to assess the risk related to such CO2 emissions was supported by the Tuscany Civil Protection; since then, new fences were positioned all along the most dangerous areas. This deterrent policy prevented both locals and tourists from visiting this zone for safety reasons. In agreement with the local authorities (Municipality of Castiglione d'Orcia and the Union of Amiata and Orcia Valley Municipalities, Siena District) and the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Florence, the creation of a CO2 geological path (named «Tourists for CO2») was then proposed. Along the geological path, snaking through the most spectacular CO2-rich manifestations, tourists and local people, guided by authorized personnel, may appreciate bubbling pools, dry gas vents and effects of CO2 on the surrounding vegetation. Illustrative panels, reporting in form of didactic cartoons the main topics of the local geology, fauna and flora were positioned along the geo-path along with explicative information on the risks associated with the CO2-rich discharges. This initiative is aimed to promote a direct interaction between the people and a geological phenomenon, according to a 'see-and-understand' approach, and to inform how to behave in front of a devious risk such as that related to CO2 emission. The opening ceremony of this geological path is for May 2012. (literal)

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