Maccalube di Bissana (Sicily, Italy)
Bissana's maccalube
| Type: | Bubbling Water |
|---|---|
| Description: | The site is located on the southern side of Mount Sara, in "Contrada Cavalieri" and consist in a little mud volcanoes; it can be reached by the local road (SP 31 Cattolica - Cianciana), following for the direction " Bissana". Far few kilometers there is another area located on a hilly relief, immediately sets to north respect Mount Bissana; these manifestations consist in two bubbling salty water polls (named "abisso grande" and "abisso piccolo") wide less than 10 meters, with occasional mud volcanoes. |
Point of contact for this site:
Mariano Valenza, mvale@unipa.it (University of Palermo, DiSTeM)
| Measurement | date (d/m/y) | Added by | Added on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maccalube di Bissana_02052001 | 2/5/2001 | Emanuela Bagnato | Oct. 19, 2014 |
Bibliographic references for this site
Etiope G., A. Caracausi, R. Favara, F. Italiano, C. Baciu, 2002,Methane emission from the mud volcanoes of Sicily (Italy), Geophysical Research Letters, vol.29, n.8, DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014340
