A land gravity survey of the Aeolian islands

A land gravity survey of the Aeolian volcanic arc, including 235 measurament points, has shown the occurrence of Bouguer gravity lows related to each island, except Panarea. As Bouguer anomalies of the southern Tyrrhenian sea are only slightly disturbed by the Aeolian arc, the anomalies found in the present survey are generally due to shallow causes. These lows can be ascribed to the effect of low density superficial volcanics thickening in correspondence of each volcano. For Vulcano-Lipari and Stromboli the occurrence of a shallow magmatic reservoir can be a concomitant cause. The Bouguer high related to Panarea and associated islets indicates shallow high density masses, probably solidified within a magmatic pipe.