Mechanical stability of Mt. Vesuvius volcano: Effects of asymmetries on the stress field

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 407-421

  Russo, G ^a   Giberti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D finite element modelling; Asymmetric stress field; Mechanical stability; Vesuvius volcano

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GRAVITATION; ROCKS; STABILITY; TENSILE STRESS;

AXISYMMETRIC VOLCANIC STRUCTURES;

VOLCANOES;

LANDSLIDE; SLOPE STABILITY; VOLCANO;

ITALY;

EID: 0034450668     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006745125892     Document Type: Article

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