High-enthalpy Larderello geothermal system, Italy, powered by thousands of cubic kilometres of mid-crustal magma
of magma and partial melt are stored in the middle crust of the Tuscan Magmatic Province, Italy. This fuels the high-enthalpy geothermal systems of the region. Such volumes are comparable to those of mid-crust reservoirs beneath recognized supervolcanoes. The discovery of large volumes of magma is critical to explain the long-term evolution of mature magmatic systems and to understand the behavior of large magmatic provinces.
Authors
- D. Piccinini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1826-646X)
- Riccardo Minetto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-5190)
- Chiara Del Ventisette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-7710)
- Geneviève Savard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5464-3384)
- Konstantinos Michailos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3011-6939)
- Domenico Montanari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1232-7230)
- Marco Bonini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4818-8076)
- Julien Sfalcin
- Samuele Papeschi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5774-7119)
- Gilberto Saccorotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2915-1446)
- Matteo Lupi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2351-6371)
- Riccardo Lanari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8304-6367)
- Juan Porras
- Federico Farina
- Francisco Muñoz-Burbano
- Iván Cabrera-Pérez
- Elliot Amir Jiwani-Brown
- Douglas Sami Stumpp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9972-3646)
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (IT)
- Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IT)
- Haute École Pédagogique du Canton de Vaud (CH)
- National Research Council (IT)
- University of Florence (IT)
- Université de Strasbourg (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Earth & Environment
- Published
- 2026-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03334-0
- Primary Topic
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- European Commission
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Université de Genève
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme