A 3-D gravity model for a volcanic crater in Terceira Island (Azores)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 393-406

  Montesinos, F G ^a   Camacho, A G ^a   Nunes, J C ^b   Oliveira, C S ^c   Vieira, R ^a  

^a CSIC UCM Instituto de Astronomia y Geodesia IAG   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calderas; Crustal structure; Gravity anomalies; Inverse problem; Seismicity; Volcanic structure

Indexed keywords

CRATER; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANO;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0041622768     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01960.x     Document Type: Article

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