CHAOS AND STOCHASTICITY IN VOLCANIC-ERUPTIONS THE CASE OF MOUNT ETNA AND VESUVIUS

Authors
MARZOCCHI W
Citation
W. Marzocchi, CHAOS AND STOCHASTICITY IN VOLCANIC-ERUPTIONS THE CASE OF MOUNT ETNA AND VESUVIUS, Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 70(3-4), 1996, pp. 205-212
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Journal of volcanology and geothermal research → ACNP
ISSN journal
03770273
Volume
70
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
205 - 212
Database
ISI
SICI code
0377-0273(1996)70:3-4<205:CASIVT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The series of historical eruptions of Mount Etna and Vesuvius volcanoe s are analyzed to verify the presence of low-dimensional chaos in the mechanism driving eruptive activity. A recently developed optimal meth odology which is efficient on relatively small sets of data is used. T he results indicate that there is no evidence of low-dimensional chaos in the sequences considered, and the mechanism appears better describ ed by a classical stationary stochastic process.