Mount Etna Flashcards

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Q

Year?

Deaths?

Population facts?

Plate Margin?

Effusion rate?

A

1991

0 deaths

25% of Sicily live on the flanks
20,000 GDP/capita

Destructive

Low Effusion Rate

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Q

Response?

Post eruption?

A

Construction of Barrier to save the town of Zafferana

Diversion channel created for the lava

Institute of Volcanology in Sicily: radon gas and detection of lava movements
GPS identified slope angle change

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