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which is most typical of inflated basins at the back of oceanic volcanic arcs. The Marsili basin appears to have formed very recently (2 million years) as a consequence of the growth of the volcanic arc, and Marsili could be the result of the thermal inflation of the thin crust at the center of the
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began a study on the submerged volcano. Considerable instability has been detected. A significantly large region of the Marsili summit is also made up of low-density rocks, strongly weakened by hydrothermal alteration phenomena; which could cause a large collapse event.
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basin. The start of the volcano activity could date back as recently as 200,000 years ago. Evidence of lava flows on the mountain flanks was found. Evidence of catastrophic collapses of previous other undersea volcanoes in the same area was also found.
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Caratori Tontini F., Cocchi L., Muccini F., Carmisciano C., Marani M., Bonatti E., Ligi M., and Boschi E., Potential-field modelling of collapse-prone submarine volcanoes in the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea (Italy),
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Marsili is an active volcano, with numerous satellite volcanic systems. The magma of Marsili is similar in composition to other volcanoes in the Aeolian Arc. The magma of Marsili came from the
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believe that Marsili is a relatively fragile-walled structure, made of low-density and unstable rocks, fed by the underlying shallow
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by means of a sonar system and integrated monitoring networks for ocean observations. In February 2010, the research vessel
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Caratori Tontini, F; Cocchi, L; Muccini, F; Carmisciano, C; Marani, M; Bonatti, E; Ligi, M; Boschi, E (2010).
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The idea of a tsunami is not farfetched, but the main source will not be an eruption, but maybe a landslide.
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Marsili is on a list of the most dangerous submarine volcanoes of the Tyrrhenian Sea, along with
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Geological, geotectonic, structural section of the Central Mediterranean Subduction System
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Lupton, John; de Ronde, Cornel; Sprovieri, Mario; Baker, Edward T.; et al. (2011).
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are about 450 m below the sea surface. Though it has not erupted in recorded history,
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Pepe, Fabrizio; Sulli, Attilio; Bertotti, Giovanni; Cella, Federico (June 2010).
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Aeolian arc, including coastline and depth contour lines for every 500 meters.
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Marsili has been studied since 2005 as a strategic project of the
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Large undersea volcano in the Tyrrhenian Sea south of Naples
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on the Italian coast and nearby Mediterranean coastlines.
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started a vulcanology research program on the site.
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Index

Marsili Seamount
Marsili (surname)

Marsili is located in Italy
Tyrrhenian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Coordinates
39°15′00″N 14°23′40″E / 39.25000°N 14.39444°E / 39.25000; 14.39444
Italy
Type
Submarine volcano
arc
chain
Aeolian Arc
Last eruption
undersea volcano
Tyrrhenian Sea
Naples
seamount
crater
volcanologists
magma chamber
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
landslide
tsunamis
Aeolian Islands
volcanic arc
Mount Etna
Luigi Ferdinando Marsili
National Research Council

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