Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei, and Campanian Volcanism

Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei, and Campanian Volcanism communicates the state-of-the-art scientific knowledge on past and active volcanism in an area characterized by elevated risk due to high-density population. Eruptions, lahars and poisonous gas clouds have killed many thousands of people over recorded history, but volcanoes have given people some of the most fertile soil known in agriculture. The research presented in this book is useful for policymakers and researchers from these and other countries who are looking for risk assessment and volcanic evolution models they can apply to similar situations around the world.

Naples and its surrounding area, in particular, the area situated between Vesuvius and the Campi Flegrei volcanic area has a population in excess of 4 million people. The volcanic areas that have similarly large populations in proximity to dormant, but hazardous volcanoes, i.e., Indonesia and Central America can also benefit from this work.

Covers the fundamental science of volcanoes, including new developments in the last decade relating to the use of crystals and melt inclusions to model the nature and evolution of volatilesIncludes the latest research on volcanism in Southern Italy that is presented as a case study for active and inactive volcanoes across the globePresents research that is applicable around the world, for people, scientists and policymakers living on, or near, active volcanoes

1. The volcanological history of Campania volcanism 
2. The contributions and influence of two Americans, H.S. Washington and F.A. Perret, to the study of Italian volcanism with emphasis on Neapolitan volcanoes 
3. Kinematic framework of the Tyrrhenian-Apennine system and consequences for Camapian magmatism 
4. Lithosphere structural model of the Campania 
5. Campanian volcanoes: petrology, geochemistry and geodynamic implications 
6. Tracing magma evolution at Vesuvius volcano using melt inclusions: a review 
7. Magmatism of the Phlegrean Volcanic Fields as revealed by melt inclusions 
8. The 39 ka Campanian Ignimbrite eruption: new data on volcanic source area in the Campanian Plain 
9. Effects of the paleomorphology on facies distribution of the Campanian Ignimbrite in the northern Campanian Plain
10. Petrogenesis of the Campanian Ignimbrites: a review 
11. The 15 ka Neapolitan Yellow Tuff eruption: an analysis of the caldera-forming phase and the post-caldera volcanic activity 
12. Pre-volcanic, syn-volcanic and post-volcanic extensional faulting in the Campania margin 
13. Petrologic experimental data on Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei: a review 
14. Hydrothermal vs Magmatic: Geochemical clues into the unrest dilemma at Campi Flegrei 
15. Bradyseism at Campi Flegrei: a review 
16. The Holocene marine record of unrest, volcanism and hydrothermal activity of Campi Flegrei and Vesuvius 
17. Volcanological risk associated with Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei