Application of the Gauss theorem to the study of silicic calderas: The calderas of La Primavera, Los Azufres, and Los Humeros (Mexico)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 39-67

  Campos Enriquez J O ^a   Dominguez Mendez F ^b,c   Lozada Zumaeta, M ^d   Morales Rodriguez H F ^b,e   Andaverde Arredondo, J A ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c PEMEX   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^e Ejercito Nacional 425   (Mexico)

^f INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bouguer anomaly; Gauss theorem; Gravity anomaly; La Primavera caldera; Los Azufres caldera; Los Humeros caldera; Mass deficiency

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

BOUGUER ANOMALY; GAUSS THEOREM; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MASS DEFICIENCY; SILICIC CALDERAS; TECTONIC LINEAMENTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CALDERA; SILICATE; VOLCANISM;

LOS AZUFRES; LOS HUMEROS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHOACAN; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

TABEBUIA DONNELL-SMITHII;

EID: 26844491709     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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