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A strainmeter array as the fulcrum of novel observatory sites along the Alto Tiberina Near Fault Observatory
Lauro Chiaraluce
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Rome, Italy
Richard Bennett
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona UA, Tucson, Arizona, USA
David Mencin
EarthScope Consortium, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Wade Johnson
EarthScope Consortium, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Massimiliano Rinaldo Barchi
Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Marco Bohnhoff
Geomechanics & Scientific Drilling, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Paola Baccheschi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Rome, Italy
Antonio Caracausi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Palermo, Italy
Carlo Calamita
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Ancona, Italy
Adriano Cavaliere
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Bologna, Italy
Adriano Gualandi
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Rome, Italy
Eugenio Mandler
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Bologna, Italy
Maria Teresa Mariucci
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Rome, Italy
Leonardo Martelli
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Bologna, Italy
Simone Marzorati
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Ancona, Italy
Paola Montone
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Rome, Italy
Debora Pantaleo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Ancona, Italy
Stefano Pucci
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Rome, Italy
Enrico Serpelloni
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Bologna, Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Rome, Italy
Salvatore Stramondo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Rome, Italy
Catherine Hanagan
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona UA, Tucson, Arizona, USA
EarthScope Consortium, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Liz Van Boskirk
EarthScope Consortium, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Mike Gottlieb
EarthScope Consortium, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Glen Mattioli
EarthScope Consortium, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Marco Urbani
Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Francesco Mirabella
Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Assel Akimbekova
Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Simona Pierdominici
Geomechanics & Scientific Drilling, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Thomas Wiersberg
Geomechanics & Scientific Drilling, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Chris Marone
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, La Sapienza, Università degli Studi Roma, Rome, Italy
Luca Palmieri
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'informazione, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
Luca Schenato
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'informazione, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
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Short summary
We built six observatory stations in central Italy to monitor a fault potentially capable of generating a strong earthquake. Each site has 80–160 m deep wells equipped with strainmeters and seismometers. At the surface, we placed GNSS antennas and seismic and meteorological sensors. All data, which are open access for the scientific community, will help us to better understand the complex physical and chemical processes that lead to the generation of the full range of slow and fast earthquakes.
We built six observatory stations in central Italy to monitor a fault potentially capable of...
