Eastern Sicily - Sedimentology Lab (TA3-83-3)
Hosting Institution:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
Description:
The ETNA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY (Osservatorio Etneo - INGV branch in Catania) supports research, and volcano monitoring and surveillance of the Sicilian volcanoes. Multi-parametric networks (seismic, infrasound, geodetic, geochemical, video-cameras, etc...) equipped with state-of-the art instrumentations are continuously running to provide multidisciplinary observations for volcano monitoring and related hazard assessment. Data and products from ground- and satellite-based instrumentation are accessible through the EPOS data portal and the volcano gateway (http://vo-tcs.ct.ingv.it/).
Services offered:
Physical access to the Laboratory of Sedimentology consisting in a CAMSIZER® (Retsch) and a Stereoscopic Zoom Microscope for the analysis of ash samples collected during fieldwork.
Modality of access:
Physical access to the Laboratory of Sedimentology: Maximum of 2 projects will be supported for the 1st call. Each project team can be composed by a maximum of 3 persons. The access unit is ‘1 working day’ and the maximum access per project is of 5 working days.
Multidisciplinary projects involving more than one installation at Eastern Sicily are supported and encouraged.
Support:
The physical access support includes:
- safety training;
- instrumentation training;
- technical support;
- field upport and experiment set up;
- the Laboratory of Sedimentology provides also supervision for preparing samples.
Contact person:
Gilda Currenti (gilda.currentiingv.it)