The role of flank failure in modifying the shallow plumbing system of volcanoes: An example from Somma-Vesuvius, Italy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3681-3684

  Ventura, Guido ^a   Vilardo, Giuseppe ^a   Bruno, Pier Paolo ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

FLANK FAILURE; PALEO-DEPRESSIONS;

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DIKE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; VOLCANISM;

ITALY;

CRITICAL VALUE; DIKE INTRUSION; INDUCED STRESS; MAGMA PRESSURE; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; SHALLOW RESERVOIRS; STROMBOLIAN ACTIVITY; STRUCTURAL DISCONTINUITY;

EID: 0033573489     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL005404     Document Type: Article

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