Mount Etna Flashcards
1
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
2
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
