Bocca Grande fumarole (Campania, Italy)

View of Bocca Grande-Solfatara Pozzuoli fumarole (Image credits: Emanuela Bagnato)

Volcano: Solfatara di Pozzuoli (see Solfatara di Pozzuoli at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab)
Type: Fumarole
Description: Main high-temperature fumarole (about 140 °C) of the Solfatara of Pozzuoli volcano, located at the intersection between NW–SE and NE–SW systems.


Point of contact for this site:
Giovanni Chiodini, giovanni.chiodini@ingv.it (INGV)

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Number of measurements: 217

Bibliographic references for this site

Chiodini, G., Frondini, F., Cardellini, C., Granieri, D., Marini, L., Ventura, G., 2001,CO2 degassing and energy release at Solfatara volcano, Campi Flegrei, Italy., Journal of Geophysical Research, vol.106, n.B6, pp. 16213-1622


Chiodini, G. , S. Caliro, C. Cardellini, D. Granieri, R. Avino, A. Baldini, M. Donnini, and C. Minopoli, 2010,Long‐term variations of the Campi Flegrei, Italy, volcanic system as revealed by the monitoring of hydrothermal activity, Journal Of Geophysical Research, vol.115, n.B3, pp. B03205, DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006258


Todesco M., Chiodini G., Macedonio G., 2003,Monitoring and modelling hydrotermal fluid emission at La Solfatara (Phlegrean Fields, Italy). An interdisciplinary approach to the study of diffuse degassing, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol.125, n.1-2, pp. 57-79


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