Magma storage depths and crustal-upper mantle structure of Campi Flegrei caldera (Southern Italy) unveiled through receiver functions analysis
V. Ortega-Ramos, L. D’Auria, J. L. Granja-Bruña, I. Cabrera-Pérez, L. Pappalardo, G. Buono, N. M. Pérez · 2026
Read Magma storage depths and crustal-upper mantle structure of Campi Flegrei caldera (Southern Italy) unveiled through receiver functions analysis by V. Ortega-Ramos, L. D’Auria, J. L. Granja-Bruña, I. Cabrera-Pérez, L. Pappalardo, G. Buono, N. M. Pérez (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13434228.txt.
Description
Ortega-Ramos and co-authors published a study in 2026 on a restless volcano in southern Italy. The Campi Flegrei caldera is one of the world's most dangerous volcanic systems. Where its magma sits, and how deep, shapes the risk to nearby cities.
The team used quake waves that bounce off inner layers to build the first full three-dimensional image down to fifty kilometers. Two slow zones stood out as likely magma stores. A shallow one, ten kilometers down, looks like a local transfer pocket. A deeper, thicker one runs from sixteen to thirty-three kilometers and may hold up to thirty percent melt. The picture matches rock studies and sharpens hazard models for the caldera.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | V. Ortega-Ramos, L. D’Auria, J. L. Granja-Bruña, I. Cabrera-Pérez, L. Pappalardo, G. Buono, N. M. Pérez |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |