Wednesday 24 September

9.00 - Introduction to the workshop:
Maria Serafina Barbano, Susanna Falsaperla (Organisers) and Jurgen Neuberg

9:15 - 13:00 Scientific Session 1: Seismic, tectonic and deformation features of volcanoes (first part)

Chairperson: Jurgen Neuberg

9:15
J. Jones, R. Carniel and S. Malone - Seismic characteristics of lava lake convection at Erta Ale, Ethiopia.

9:45
H. Soosalu - Low-frequency earthquakes at the Katla volcano, Iceland - evidence of path effects.

10:15
M. Hellweg and D. Seidl - A warning bell? Tornillo events at Galeras Volcano, Colombia.

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee-Break

11:00
R. Carniel and M. Di Cecca - Remote user-friendly data browsing and first analysis of the volcanic geophysical data within the MULTIMO project.

11:30
R. Carniel and R. Ortiz - Spectral and dynamical evolution of volcanic tremor prior to the 5 April 2003 explosion at Stromboli Volcano.

12:00
V. Acocella, B. Behncke, S. D'Amico, V. Maiolino, M. Neri, A. Ursino and R. Velardita - The 2001 and 2002-2003 eruptions of Mount Etna (Italy): evidence of different triggering mechanisms.

12:30
S. Falsaperla, S. Spampinato and H. Langer - Analysis of volcanic tremor associated with the volcano unrest at Mt. Etna, Italy, in 2002-2003.

13:00 - Lunch

16:30 - 19:30 Scientific Session 2: Seismic, tectonic, and deformation features of volcanoes (second part)

Chairperson: Roberto Carniel

16:30
H. Langer, S. Falsaperla and S. Spampinato - Monitoring volcanic Tremor - chances and pitfalls.

17:00 A. Garcia-Aristizabal, H. Yepes, M Ruiz, L. Troncoso, F. Gil-Cruz, M. Segovia, A. Alvarad, I. Molina and D. Basualto - Seismic unrest at Cotopaxi Volcano (Ecuador): An overview of the crescent activity.

17:30 - 18:00 Coffee-Break

18:00
V. Tenorio - Seismic precursors of volcanic eruptions at Nicaraguan volcanoes San Cristóbal, Telica and Cerro Negro.

18:30
D. C. Roman - Horizontal rotation of the stress field in response to magmatic activity - Examples from Crater Peak (Mt. Spurr), Alaska, and beyond.

19:00 S. Borgström, C. Del Gaudio, P. De Martino, G. P. Ricciardi, C. Ricco, V. Achilli and G. Salemi - Geodetical monitoring of Campi Flegrei area (Naples, Italy).

Evening: White wine tasting session

Chairman: Jurgen Neuberg

Thursday 25 September

9:00 - 10:30 Scientific Session 3: Volcanic and geophysical studies of the island of Pantelleria

Chairperson: Maria Serafina Barbano

9:00
G. Orsi - Geology and volcanism of Pantelleria (invited paper).

9:30
M. S. Barbano and M. Cosentino - Historical earthquakes and eruptions in the Straits of Sicily.

10:00
B. Behncke, G. Berrino and R. Velardita - Ground deformation and gravity changes on the island of Pantelleria in the geodynamic framework of the Sicily channel (invited paper).

10:30
A. Bonaccorso, O. Campisi, O. Consoli, G. Falzone, S. Gambino, M. Mattia, B. Puglisi, G. Puglisi and M. Rossi - Ground deformation monitoring of Pantelleria island (invited paper).

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee-Break

11:30 - 13:00 Scientific Session 4: Seismic, tectonic and deformation features of volcanoes (third part)

Chairperson: Peggy Hellweg

11:30
E. Rivalta and T. Dahm - A new method for the analysis of dyke stability, preliminary tests on real data.

12:00
E. Rivalta and T. Dahm - Dyke interaction with the earth surface and layering interfaces: theoretical models and experiments evidence accelerated motion.

12:30
Y. Formenti and T. Druitt - The role of magmatic gases during Vulcanian eruptions and pyroclastic flow emplacement.

13:00 - Lunch

15:00 - 16:30 Scientific Session 5: Seismic, tectonic, and deformation features of volcanoes (fourth part)

15:00
J. Neuberg and S. Sturton - Dispersion analysis of low-frequency earthquakes on Montserrat - and what it reveals.

15:30
A. Graps and R. Carniel - Wavelets for Seismology

16:00
S. Vinciguerra, C. Trovato, P.G. Meredith, P. Benson, J. Immè and G. De Natale - >Laboratory measurements of seismic velocities on rocks from Etna region (Italy).

16:30
P. Lesage, M.M. Mora, G.E. Alvarado, C. Leandro and J.P. Métaxian - Shallow velocity structure and seismic site effects at Arenal volcano, Costa Rica.

- Brief visit of the island of Pantelleria

20:00 - Social dinner

Friday 26 September

Field trip on geology and volcanism of Pantelleria.

Evening: Red wine tasting session

Chairman: Robert Carniel

Saturday 27 September

9:00 - 13:00 Scientific Session 6: Volcanic unrest at Montserrat

Chairperson: Susanna Falsaperla

9:00
D. Green, V. Cayoll and J. Neuberg - Pressurisation of Soufriere Hill's volcanic edifice.

9:30 D. Green and J. Neuberg: The July 12 dome collapse on Montserrat - a multiparameter observation.

10:00
J. Neuberg, D. Green, E. Doyle, A. Jolly and G. Norton - Temporal and lateral variation of earthquake characteristics during various dome growth episodes.

10:30
J. Neuberg, S. Sturton and H. Tuffen - Ideas on the excitation mechanism of low-frequency earthquakes.

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee-Break

Chairperson: Olivier Jaquet

11:30
Y. Formenti - Particle motion analysis of low-frequency earthquake episodes on Montserrat.

12:00
T. Powell - Automated event classification and parameter retrieval on Montserrat.

12:30
H. Langer, S. Falsaperla, T. Powell and G. Thompson - Classification of seismic transients recorded on Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, using Artificial Neural Networks.

13:00
O. Jaquet, R. Carniel, R. Namar and M. Di Cecca - Development of a forecasting approach using stochastic methods applied to the Soufrière Hills volcano.

13:30 - Lunch

16:30 - General discussion and conclusion of the workshop

17:30 - 18:00 Coffee-Break

Sunday 28 September

Departure of Participants

Monday 29 September

One-day post-workshop field trip on Mount Etna with departure and arrivalpoint in Catania.