A physico-chemical assessment of the health hazard of Mt. Vesuvius volcanic ash

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 191, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 222-232

  Horwell, C J ^a,b   Stannett, G W ^b   Andronico, D ^c   Bertagnini, A ^d   Fenoglio, I ^e   Fubini, B ^e   Le Blond, J S ^f,g   Williamson, B J ^h  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ash; Health; Mineralogy; Vesuvius; Volcano

Indexed keywords

ASH; ASH SAMPLES; CRISTOBALITES; CRITICAL INFORMATION; CRYSTALLINE SILICA; ERUPTION SCENARIO; EXPLOSIVITY; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GRAIN SIZE; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; HYDROXYL FREE RADICALS; LAVA EFFUSION; LOW-INTENSITY; MT. VESUVIUS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PLINIAN; POTENTIAL HEALTH; RAPID ASSESSMENT; REACTIVE PROPERTY; REAL-TIME DECISION MAKING; SUB-PLINIAN ERUPTION; SURFACE TEST; VESUVIUS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FREE RADICALS; HEALTH; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

HEALTH HAZARDS;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISK; MITIGATION; PLINIAN ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS;

PLINIA;

EID: 77950518925     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Andronico D., Cioni R. Contrasting styles of Mount Vesuvius activity in the period between the Avellino and Pompeiii Plinian eruptions, and some implications for future hazards. Bulletin of Volcanology 2002, 64:372-391.
2. Andronico D., et al. Geological map of Somma-Vesuvius volcano. Periodico di Mineralogia 1995, 64(1-2):77-78.
3. Arrighi S., Principe C., Rosi M. Violent strombolian and subplinian eruptions at Vesuvius during post-1631 activity. Bulletin of Volcanology 2001, 63:126-150.
4. Barberi F., et al. Magmatic and phreatomagmatic phases in explosive eruptions of Vesuvius as deduced by grain-size and compositional analysis of pyroclastic deposits. Journal of volcanology and geothermal research 1989, 38:287-307.
5. Barberi F., Davis M.S., Isaia R., Nave R., Ricci T. Volcanic risk perception in the Vesuvius population. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 2008, 172:244-258.
6. Baxter P.J., et al. Cristobalite in volcanic ash of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, British West Indies. Science 1999, 283:1142-1145.
7. Brunauer S., Emmett P.H., Teller E. Adsorption of gases in multi-molecular layers. Journal of the American Chemical Society 1938, 60:309-319.
8. Büttner R., Dellino P., Zimanowski B. Identifying modes of magma fragmentation from the surface features of ash particles. Nature 1999, 401:688-690.
9. Cioni R., Marianelli P., Sbrana A. Dynamics of the AD 79 eruption: stratigraphic, sedimentological and geochemical data on the successions of the Somma-Vesuvius southern and eastern sector. Acta Vulcanologica 1992, 2:109-124.
10. Cioni R., et al. Assessing pyroclastic fall hazard through field data and numerical simulations: example from Vesuvius. Journal of Geophysical Research 2003, 108(B2):2063.
11. Cioni R., Bertagnini A., Santacroce R., Andronico D. Explosive activity and eruption scenarios at Somma-Vesuvius (Italy): towards a new classification scheme. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 2008, 178(3):331-346.
12. DPC Pianificazione Nazionale d'Emergenza dell'Area Vesuviana. Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Rome 1995, 157. in Italian.
13. Fenoglio I., Prandi L., Tomatis M., Fubini B. Free radical generation in the toxicity of inhaled mineral particles: the role of iron speciation at the surface of asbestos and silica. Redox Report 2001, 6(4):235-241.
14. Fubini B., Otero Arean C. Chemical aspects of the toxicity of inhaled mineral dusts. Chemical Society Reviews 1999, 28:373-381.
15. Fubini B., Fenoglio I. Toxic potential of mineral dusts. Elements 2007, 3(6):407-414.
16. Fubini B., Hubbard A. Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Reactive Nitrogen Species (RNS) generation by silica in inflammation and fibrosis. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 2003, 34(12):1507-1516.
17. Fubini B., Mollo L., Giamello E. Free radical generation at the solid/liquid interface in iron containing minerals. Free Radical Research 1995, 23(6):593-614.
18. Hansell A.L., Horwell C.J., Oppenheimer C. The health hazards of volcanoes and geothermal areas. Occupational Environmental Medicine 2006, 63:149-156.
19. Hardy J.A., Aust A.E. Iron in asbestos chemistry and carcinogenicity. Chemical Reviews 1995, 95:97-118.
20. Hincks T.K., et al. Long term exposure to respirable volcanic ash on Montserrat: a time series simulation. Bulletin of Volcanology 2006, 68:266-284.
21. Horwell C.J. Grain size analysis of volcanic ash for the rapid assessment of respiratory health hazard. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2007, 9(10):1107-1115.
22. Horwell C.J., Baxter P.J. The respiratory health hazards of volcanic ash: a review for volcanic risk mitigation. Bulletin of Volcanology 2006, 69:1-24.
23. Horwell C.J., Fenoglio I., Ragnarsdottir K.V., Sparks R.S.J., Fubini B. Surface reactivity of volcanic ash from the eruption of Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, with implications for health hazards. Environmental Research 2003, 93(2):202-215.
24. Horwell C.J., Sparks R.S.J., Brewer T.S., Llewellin E.W., Williamson B.J. The characterisation of respirable volcanic ash from the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, with implications for health hazard. Bulletin of Volcanology 2003, 65:346-362.
25. Horwell C.J., Fenoglio I., Fubini B. Iron-induced hydroxyl radical generation from basaltic volcanic ash. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2007, 261(3-4):662-669.
26. Horwell C.J., Le Blond J.S., Michnowicz S.A.K., Cressey G. Cristobalite in a rhyolitic lava dome: evolution of ash hazard. Bulletin of Volcanology 2010, 72:249-253. 10.1007/s00445-009-0327-1.
27. Joron J.L., Metrich N., Rosi M., Santacroce R., Sbrana A. Somma-Vesuvius. III. Chemistry and petrography. Quaderni de la Ricerca Scientifica 1987, 105-174. CNR Publ., Rome. R. Santacroce (Ed.).
28. Kane A.B. Mechanisms of mineral fibre carcinogenesis. IARC Scientific Publication 1996, 140:11-34. International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon. J.D. Wilburn (Ed.).
29. Kaur H., Halliwell B. Detection of hydroxyl radicals by aromatic hydroxylation. Methods in Enzymology 1994, 233:67-82.
30. Klung C., Cashman K.V. Permeability development in vesiculating magma: implications for fragmentation. Bulletin of Volcanology 1996, 58:87-100.
31. Le Blond J.S., Cressey G., Horwell C.J., Williamson B.J. A rapid method for quantifying single mineral phases in heterogeneous natural dust using X-ray diffraction. Powder Diffraction 2009, 24:17-23.
32. Lirer L., Munno R., Postiglione I., Vinci A., Vitelli L. The A.D. 79 eruption as a future explosive scenario in the Vesuvian area: evaluation of associated risk. Bulletin of Volcanology 1997, 59(2):112-124.
33. Marzocchi W., Sandri L., Gasparini P., Newhall C., Boschi E. Quantifying probabilities of volcanic events: the example of volcanic hazard at Mount Vesuvius. Journal of Geophysical Research 2004, 109:B11201.
34. Neri A., et al. Developing an event tree for probabilistic hazard and risk assessment at Vesuvius. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 2008, 178(3):397-415.
35. Quality of Urban Air Review Group, 1996. Airborne particulate matter in the United Kingdom. 3, Department of the Environment, 30.
36. Rosi M., Santacroce R., Sheridan F. Somma-Vesuvius, volcanic hazard. Quaderni de "La Ricerca Scientifica" 1987, 8:197-221.
37. Rosi M., Principe C., Vecci R. The 1631 Vesuvius eruption. A reconstruction based on historical and stratigraphical data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 1993, 58:151-182.
38. Sabatini V. L'eruzione vesuviana dell'aprile 1906. Bollettino del R. Comitato Geologico d'Italia 1906, 3:122-155.
39. Santacroce R., et al. Age and whole rock-glass compositions of proximal pyroclastics from the major explosive eruptions of Somma-Vesuvius: a review as a tool for distal tephrochronology. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 2008, 177:1-18.
40. Scandone R., Arganese G., Galdi F. The evaluation of volcanic risk in the Vesuvian area. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 1993, 58:263-271.
41. Searl A., Nicholl A., Baxter P.J. Assessment of the exposure of islanders to ash from the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2002, 59:523-531.
42. Sparks R.S.J. The dynamics of bubble formation and growth in magmas: a review and analysis. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 1978, 3(1-2):1-37.
43. Sulpizio R., van Welden A., Caron B., Zanchetta G. The Holocene tephrostratigraphic record of Lake Shkodra (Albania and Montenegro). Journal of Quaternary Science 2009, 10.1002/jqs.1334.
44. Vogel H., Zanchetta G., Sulpizio R., Wagner B., Nowaczyk N. A tephrostratigraphic record for the last glacial-interglacial cycle from Lake Ohrid, Albania and Macedonia. Journal of Quaternary Science 2010, 25:320-338.
45. Wilson M.R., et al. In vitro toxicology of respirable Montserrat volcanic ash. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2000, 57:727-733.