Effects of topography on the interpretation of the deformation field of prominent volcanoes - Application to Etna

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1979-1982

  Cayol, Valérie ^a,b   Cornet, François H ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; DEFORMATION; GEOMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY;

SURFACE DEFORMATION FIELD; TOPOGRAPHY;

VOLCANOES;

DEFORMATION FIELD; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

ITALY, SICILY, MOUNT ETNA;

AXI-SYMMETRICAL; DEFORMATION FIELD; FLAT SURFACES; GROUND SURFACES; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SURFACE DEFORMATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

EID: 0032096393     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL51512     Document Type: Article

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