Vesuvio references

This reference list (which is very far from being complete) is now being updated for the first time since 1998, so this process will continue for a while. New additions to the list are highlighted in red color.

Alfano GB and Friedlaender I (1928) La storia del Vesuvio. Napoli: K Holm, 71 p

Andronico D and Cioni R (2002) Contrasting styles of Mount Vesuvius activity in the period between the Avellino and Pompeii Plinian eruptions, and some implications for assessment of future hazards. Bulletin of Volcanology 64: 372-391.

Arrighi S, Principe C and Rosi M (2001) Violent strombolian and subplinian eruptions at Vesuvius during post-1631 activity. Bulletin of Volcanology 61: 126-150.

Auger G, Gasparini P, Virieux J and Zollo A (2001) Seismic evidence of an extended magmatic sill under Mt. Vesuvius. Science 294: 1510-1512.

Barberi F, Cioni R, Rosi M, Santacroce R, Sbrana A and Vecci R (1989) Magmatic and phreatomagmatic phases in explosive eruptions of Vesuvius as deduced by grain-size and compositional analysis of pyroclastic deposits. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 38: 287-307

Barberi F, Macedonio G, Pareschi MT, Santacroce R (1990) Mapping the tephra fallout risk: an example from Vesuvius, Italy. Nature 344: 142-144

Barberi F, Rosi M, Santacroce R and Sheridan MF (1983) Volcanic hazard zonation at Vesuvius. In: Tazieff H and Sabroux JC (eds) Forecasting volcanic events. Developments in Volcanology I. Elsevier Amsterdam: 149-161

Belkin HE, De Vivo B, Roedder E and Cortini M (1985) Fluid inclusion geobarometry from ejected Mt Somma-Vesuvius nodules. American Mineralogist 70: 288-303

Bellucci F (1988) Nuove conoscenze stratigrafiche sui depositi effusivi ed esplosivi nel sottosuolo dell'area del Somma-Vesuvio. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 11!7: 385-405.

Berrino G, Coppa U, De Natale G and Pingue F (1993) Recent geophysical investigation at Somma-Vesuvius volcanic complex. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 239-262

Bertagnini A, Landi P, Santacroce R and Sbrana A (1991) The 1906 eruption of Vesuvius: from magmatic to phreatomagmatic activity through the flashing of a shallow depth hydrothermal system. Bulletin of Volcanology 53: 517-532

Bertagnini A, Landi P, Rosi M and Vigliargio A (1998) The Pomici di Base plinian eruption of Somma-Vesuvius. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 83: 219-239.

Bianco F, Castellano M, Milano G, Vilardo G, Ferrucci F and Gresta S (1999) The seismic crises at Mt. Vesuvius during 1995 and 1996. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (A) 24: 977-983.

Bonasia V, Ferri M, Montagna S and Pingue F (1974) Le deformazioni del suolo quale mezzo d'indagine sulla dinamica vulcanica al Vesuvio ed a Vulcano. Rivista Italiana di Geofisica 23, 3/4

Bonasia V, Pingue F (1981) Ground deformations on Mt Vesuvius from 1977 to 1981. Bulletin Volcanologique 44, 3

Bonasia V, Del Pezzo E, Pingue F, Scandone R and Scarpa R (1985) Eruptive history, seismic activity and ground deformations at Mt. Vesuvius, Italy. Annales Geophysicae 3, 3

Capasso L (2000) Herculaneum victims of the volcanic eruptions of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The Lancet 356: 1344-1346.

Carey S and Sigurdsson H (1987) Temporal variations in column height and magma discharge rate during the 79 A.D. eruption of Vesuvius. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 99: 303-314

Carracedo JC, Principe C, Rosi M and Soler V (1993) Time correlation by paleomagnetism of the 1631 eruption of Vesuvius: volcanological and volcanic hazard implications. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 203-209

Castellano M, Vilardo G, Ferrucci F, Gaudiosi G and Luongo G (1987) Ultramicrosismicità del Vesuvio. Atti VI Convegno GNGTS, CNR, Roma: 247-250.

Cioni R, Marianelli P and Sbrana A (1992) Dynamics of the A.D. 79 eruption: stratigraphic, sedimentological and geochemical data on the successions from the Somma-Vesuvius southern and eastern sectors. Acta Vulcanologica 2: 109-123

Cioni R, Civetta L, Marianelli P, Métrich N, Santacroce R and Sbrana A (1995) Compositional layering and syneruptive mixing of a periodically refilled shallow magma chamber: the AD 79 Plinian eruption of Vesuvius. Journal of Petrology 36: 739-776

Cioni R, Santacroce R and Sbrana A (1999) Pyroclastic deposits as a guide for reconstructing the multi-stage evolution of the Somma-Vesuvius caldera. Bulletin of Volcanology 61: 207-222.

Civetta L, Galati R and Santacroce R (1991) Magma mixing and convective compositional layering within the Vesuvius magma chamber. Bulletin of Volcanology 53: 287-300

Civetta L and Santacroce R (1992) Steady stata magma supply in the last 3400 years of Vesuvius activity. Acta Vulcanologica 2: 147-159

Cortini M, Lima A and De Vivo B (1985) Trapping temperatures of melt inclusions from ejected vesuvian mafic xenoliths. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 26: 167-172

Cubellis E and Marturano A (2002) Mt. Vesuvius: a macroseismic study of the earthquake of 9 October 1999. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 118: 339-351.

De Vivo BD, Scandone R and Trigila R (eds, 1993) Mount Vesuvius. Special issue of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research vol 58: 1-387

Dobran F, Neri A and Todesco M (1994) Assessing the pyroclastic flow hazard at Vesuvius. Nature 367: 551-554

Esposti Ongaro T, Neri A, Todesco M and Macedonio G (2002) Pyroclastic flow hazard assessment at Vesuvius (Italy) by using numerical modeling. II. Analysis of flow variables. Bulletin of Volcanology 64: 178-191.

Federico C, Aiuppa A, Allard P, Bellomo S, Jean-Baptiste P, Parello F and Valenza M (2002) Magma-derived gas influx and water-rock interactions in the volcanic aquifer of Mt. Vesuvius, Italy. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta 66: 963-981.

Gasparini P (1998) Looking inside Mt. Vesuvius. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 79: 229-230, 232.

Gialanella PR, Incoronato A, Russo F & Nigro G (1993) Magnetic stratigraphy of Vesuvius products. I. 1631 lavas. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 211-215

Gialanella PR, Incoronato A, Russo F, Sarno P and Di Martino A (1998) Magnetic stratigraphy of Vesuvius products. II - Medieval lavas. Quaternary International 47/48: 135-138.

Hazlett RW, Buesch D, Anderson JL, Elan R and Scandone R (1991) Geology, failure conditions, and implications of seismogenic avalanches of the 1944 eruption of Vesuvius, Italy. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 47: 249-264

Heim A (1873) Der Vesuv im April 1872. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 25: 1-52 This is a remarkable paper with even more remarkable drawings, unfortunately the text (in German) is of little value to most readers in the world...

Hobbs WH (1906) The grand eruption of Vesuvius in 1906. Journal of Geology 14: 636-655

Hoffer W (1982) Volcano: the search for Vesuvius. New York: Summit Books, 189 p

Imbò G (1949) L'attività eruttiva vesuviana e relative osservazioni nel corso dell'intervallo intereruttivo 1906-1944 ed in particolare del parossismo del marzo 1944. Annali dell'Osservatorio Vesuviano ser 5 1: 185-380

Iuliano T, Mauriello P and Patella D (2002) Looking inside Mount Vesuvius by potential fields integrated probability tomographies. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 113: 363-378.

Johnston-Lavis HJ (1909) The eruption of Vesuvius in April 1906. Transactios of the Royal Dublin Society vol 9: 139-200

Lacroix A (1908) La Montagne Pelée après ses éruptions. Masson & Cie Paris: 1-662

Lanari R, De Natale G, Berardino P, Sansosti E, Ricciardi GP, Borgstrom S, Capuano P, Pingue F and Troise C (2002) Evidence for a peculiar style of ground deformation inferred at Vesuvius volcano. Geophysical Research Letters 29: DOI 10.1029/2001GL014571

Lirer L and Vitelli L (1998) Volcanic risk assessment and mapping in the Vesuvian area using GIS. Natural Hazards 17: 1-15.

Lirer L, Pescatore T, Booth B and Walker GPL (1973) Two Plinan pumice-fall deposits from Somma-Vesuvius, Italy. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 84: 759-772

Lirer L, Munno R, Petrosino P and Vinci A (1993) Tephrostratigraphy of the A.D. 79 pyroclastic deposits in perivolcanic areas of Mt. Vesuvio (Italy) Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 133-149

Lirer L, Munno R, Postoglione I, Vinci A and Vitelli L (1997) The A.D. 79 eruption as a future explosive scenario in the Vesuvian area: evaluation of associated risk. Bulletin of Volcanology 59: 112-124.

Lirer L, Petrosino P, Alberico I and Postiglione I (2001) Long-term volcanic hazard forecasts based on Somma-Vesuvio past eruptive activity. Bulletin of Volcanology 63: 45-60.

Lirer L, Vinci A, Alberico I, Gifuni T, Bellucci F, Petrosino P and Tinterri R (2001) Occurrence of inter-eruption debris flow and hyperconcentrated flood-flow deposits on Vesuvio volcano, Italy. Sedimentary Geology 139: 151-167.

Lomax A, Zollo A, Capuano P and Virieux J (2001) Precise, absolute earthquake location under Somma-Vesuvius volcano using a new three-dimensional velocity model. Geophysical Journal International 146: 313-331.

Macedonio G, Papale P, Pareschi MT, Rosi M and Santacroce R (1994) A statistical approach to the assessment of volcanic hazard for air traffic: application to Vesuvius, Italy. In: Casadevall TJ (ed.) Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety. US Geological Survey Bulletin 2047: 245-252

Marianelli P, Métrich N and Sbrana A (1999) Shallow and deep reservoirs involved in magma supply of the 1944 eruption of Vesuvius. Bulletin of Volcanology 61: 48-63.

Mastrolorenzo G, Munno R and Rolandi G (1993) Vesuvius 1906: a case study of a paroxysmal eruption and its relation to eruptive cycles. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 217-237

Mastrolorenzo G, Palladino DM, Vecchio G and Taddeucci J (2002) The 472 AD Pollena eruption of Somma-Vesuvius (Italy) and its environmental impact at the end of the Roman Empire. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 113: 19-36.

Mastrolorenzo G, Petrone PP, Pagano M, Incoronato A, Baxter PJ, Canzanella A and Fattore L (2001) Herculaneum victims of Vesuvius in AD 79. Nature 410: 769-770.

Matteucci RV (1900-1901) Sul periodo di forte attività esplosiva offerto nei mesi di aprile-maggio 1900 dal Vesuvio. Bollettino della Società Sismologica Italiana 6: 207-312.

Merrill TE (1918) Notes on the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. American Journal of Archaeology 22: 304-309

Merrill TE (1920) Further note on the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. American Journal of Archaeology 24: 262-268

Milia A, Mirabile L, Torrente MM and Dvorak JJ (1998) Volcanism offshore of Vesuvius Volcano in Naples Bay. Bulletin of Volcanology 59: 404-413.

Milia A, Torrente MM and Zuppetta A (2003) Offhore debris avalanches at Somma-Vesuvius volcano (Italy): implications for hazard evaluation. Journal of the Geological Society of London 160: 309-317.

Mues-Schumacher U (1994) Chemical variations of the A.D. 79 pumice deposits of Vesuvius. European Journal of Mineralogy 6: 387-395

Nazzarro A (1989) L'eruzione del 1631 ed il collasso del Vesuvio in base all'analisi delle fonti contemporanee. Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia 43: 725-732

Neri A, Papale P, Del Seppia D and Santacroce R (2002) Coupled conduit and atmospheric dispersal dynamics of the AD 79 Plinian eruption of Vesuvius. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 120: 141-160.

Nostro C, Stein RS, Cocco M, Belardinelli ME and Marzocchi W (1999) Two-way coupling between Vesuvius eruptions and southern Apennine earthquakes, Italy, by elastic stress transfer. Journal of Geophysical Research 103: 24487-24424.

Papale P and Dobran F (1993) Modelling of the ascent of magma during the Plinian eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 101-132

Pareschi MT, Santacroce R, Sulpizio R and Zanchetta G (2002) Volcaniclastic debris flows in the Clanio valley (Campania, Italy): insights for the assessment of hazard potential. Geomorphology 43: 219-231.

Patella D and Mauriello P (1999) The geophysical contribution to the safeguard of historical sites in active volcanic areas. The Vesuvius case-history. Journal of Applied Geophysics 14: 241-258.

Perret FA (1924) The Vesuvius eruption of 1906: Study of a volcanic cycle. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications 339: 1-151

Pescatore T, Senatore MR, Capretto G and Lerro G (2001) Holocene coastal environments near Pompeii before the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Quaternary Research 55: 77-85.

Pingue F and Esposito T (1988) Misure di livellazione di precisione nell'area vesuviana Bollettino di Geodinamica e Scienze Aff. 47, 3

Pingue F, Martini M and Esposito T (1988) Deformazioni del suolo nell'area vesuviana ed analisi della sismicità a Stromboli Bollettino GNV for 1988, CNR, Roma

Pingue F, De Natale G, Martini M and Esposito T (1989) Deformazioni lente del suolo nell'area vesuviana nel periodo 1988-1989. Bollettino GNV for 1989, CNR, Roma

Rolandi G, Barrella AM and Borrelli A (1993a) The 1631 eruption of Vesuvius. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 183-201

Rolandi G, Maraffi S, Petrosino P and Lirer L (1993b) The Ottaviano eruption of Somma-Vesuvio (8000 y.B.P.): a magmatic alternating fall and flow-forming eruption. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 43-65

Rolandi G, Mastrolenzo G, Barrella AM and Borrelli A (1993c) The Avellino Plinian eruption of Somma-Vesuvius (3760 y.B.P.): the progressive evolution from magmatic to hydromagmatic style. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 67-88

Rolandi G, Petrosino P, McGeehin J (1998) The interplinian activity at Somma-Vesuvius in the last 3500 years. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 82: 19-52.

Rosi M and Santacroce R (1983) The A.D. 472 "Pollena" eruption: Volcanological and petrological for this poorly-known, Plinian-type event at Vesuvius. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 17: 237-248

Rosi M, Principe C and Vecci R (1993) The 1631 Vesuvius eruption. A reconstruction based on historical and stratigraphical data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 151-182

Rossano S, Mastrolorenzo G and De Natale G (1998) Computer simulations of pyroclastic flows on Somma-Vesuvius volcano. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 82: 113-137.

Russo G and Giberti G (2000) Mechanical stability of Mt. Vesuvius volcano: effects of asymmetries on the stress field. Surveys in Geophysics 21: 407-421.

Santacroce R (1983) A general model for the behaviour of the Somma-Vesuvius volcanic complex. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 237-248

Santacroce R (ed, 1987) Somma-Vesuvius. Quaderni dell Ricerca Scientifica, CNR (Roma) 114: 1-251

Santacroce R, Bertagnini A, Civetta L, Landi P & Sbrana A (1993) Eruptive dynamics and petrogenetic processes in a very shallow magma reservoir: the 1906 eruption of Vesuvius. Journal of Petrology 34: 383-425

Scandone R, Giacomelli L and Gasparini (1993a) Mount Vesuvius: 2000 years of volcanological observations. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 5-25

Scandone R, Arganese G and Galdi F (1993b) The evaluation of volcanic risk in the Vesuvian area. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 58: 263-271

Sheridan MF, Barberi F, Rosi M and Santacroce R (1981) A model for Plinian eruptions of Vesuvio. Nature vol 289: 282-285

Sigurdsson H, Carey S, Cornell W and Pescatore T (1985) The eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. National Geographic Research 1: 332-387

Sigurdsson H, Cashdollar S and Sparks RSJ (1982) The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79: Reconstruction from historical and volcanological evidence. American Journal of Archaeology 86: 39-51

Sigurdsson H, Cornell W and Carey S (1990) Influence of magma withdrawal on compositional gradients during the 79 A.D. Vesuvius eruption. Nature 345: 519-521

Todesco M, Neri A, Esposti Ongaro T, Papale P, Macedonio G, Santacroce R and Longo A (2002) Pyroclastic flow hazard assessment at Vesuvius (Italy) by using numerical modeling. I. Large-scale dynamics. Bulletin of Volcanology 64: 155-177.

Vaggelli G, Belkin HE, De Vivo B and Trigila R (1992) Silicate-melt inclusions in recent Vesuvius lavas (A.D. 1631-1944): I. Petrography and microthermometry. European Journal of Mineralogy 4: 1113-1124

Ventura G, Vilardo G and Bruno PP (1999) The role of flank failure in modifying the shallow plumbing system of volcanoes: and example from Somma-Vesuvius, Italy. Geophysical Research Letters 26: 3681-3684.

Vilardo G, De Natale G, Milano G and U. Coppa (1995) The seismicity of Mt. Vesuvius. Tectonophysics 261: 127-138.

Zanella E, Gurioli L, Chiari G, Ciarallo A, Cioni R, De Carolis E and Lanza R (2000) Archaeomagnetic results from mural paintings and pyroclastic rocks in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 118: 227-240.

Zollo A, Gasparini P, Virieux J, Biella G, Boschi E, Capuano P, De Franco R, Dell'Aversana P, De Matteis R, De Natale G, Iannaccone G, Guerra I, Le Meur H and Mirabile L (1998) An image of Mt. Vesuvius obtained by 2D seismic tomography. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 82: 161-173.

Zollo A, Marzocchi W, Capuano P, Lomax A and Iannaccone G (2002) Space and time behavior of seismic activity at Mt. Vesuvius volcano, Southern Italy. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 92: 625-640.