Tilt signals at Mount Melbourne, Antarctica: evidence of a shallow volcanic source

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Gambino, S., Aloisi, M., Falzone, G., Ferro, A.
• Other Authors: Gambino, S.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Catania, Catania, Italia, Aloisi, M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Catania, Catania, Italia, Falzone, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Catania, Catania, Italia, Ferro, A.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Catania, Catania, Italia, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Co-Action Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Tilt monitoring; volcanic dynamics; 10 physics volcanology; ground deformation; Victoria Land; 04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.99. General or miscellaneous; Mount Melbourne; Antarc*; Antarctica; permafrost; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/10498; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.28269

Mount Melbourne (74821? S, 164843? E) is a quiescent volcano located in 20 northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Tilt signals have been recorded on Mount Melbourne since early 1989 by a permanent shallow borehole tiltmeter network comprising five stations. An overall picture of tilt, air and permafros...