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Bruno INGV – Osservatorio Etneo
Piazza Roma, 2
95125 – Catania (Italy)
Telefono: +39-095-7165881
Fax: +39-095-7165826
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Sito web: www.ct.ingv.it

Research field

Application of high precision GPS to measurements of crustal motions and deformations. GPS monitoring of Mt. Etna volcano and Aeolian Islands. GPS time-series analysis. Inversion of CGPS data to model strain rate pattern. Interaction between magmatic and tectonic processes. Crustal motion of the tectonically active areas of Sicily and the Calabro-Peloritano Arc.


Selected Publications

  • Bruno, V., M., Mattia, Aloisi, M., Palano, M., Cannavò, F., Holt, W.E., Ground deformations and volcanic processes as imaged by CGPS data at Mt. Etna (Italy) between 2003 and 2008, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B07208, doi:10.1029/2011JB009114, 2012.
  • Aloisi, M., V. Bruno, F. Cannavò, L. Ferranti, M. Mattia, C. Monaco, M. Palano, Are the source models of the M 7.1 1908 Messina Straits earthquake reliable? Insights from a novel inversion and a sensitivity analysis of leveling data, Geophys. J. Int., doi:10.1093/gji/ggs062, 2012.
  • Palano, M., L. Ferranti, C. Monaco, M. Mattia, M. Aloisi, V. Bruno, F. Cannavò, G. Siligato, GPS velocity and strain fields in Sicily and southern Calabria, Italy: updated geodetic constraints on tectonic block interaction in the central Mediterranean, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B07401, doi:10.1029/2012JB009254, 2012.
  • Aloisi, M., M. Mattia, C. Ferlito, M. Palano, V. Bruno, F. Cannavò, Imaging the multi-level magma reservoir at Mt. Etna volcano (Italy). Geophys. Res. Lett.,  38, L16306, doi:10.1029/2011GL048488, 2011.
  • Mattia, M., M. Palano, V. Bruno, F. Cannavò, Crustal motion along the Calabro-Peloritano Arc as imaged by twelve years of measurements on a dense GPS network, Tectonophysics, 476, 528-537, 2009.
  • Mattia, M., M. Palano, M. Aloisi, V. Bruno, Y. Bock, High Rate GPS data on active volcanoes: an application to the 2005-2006 Mt. Augustine (Alaska, USA) eruption, Terra Nova, 20, 134-140, 2008.
  • Mattia, M., M. Palano, V. Bruno,  F. Cannavò, A. Bonaccorso, S. Gresta, Tectonic features of the Lipari-Vulcano complex (Aeolian Archipelago, Italy) from 10 years (1996-2006) of GPS data, Terra Nova, 20, 370-377, 2008.