Magma reservoir at Mt. Vesuvius: Size of the hot, partially molten, crust material detected deeper than 8 km

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 51-57

  Nunziata, Concettina ^a   Natale, Maddalena ^a   Luongo, G ^a   Panza, Giuliano F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal system; Rayleigh group velocity; Shear velocity models; Somma Vesuvius volcanic complex

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SYSTEM; RAYLEIGH GROUP VELOCITY; SHEAR VELOCITY MODELS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MAGMA CHAMBER; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS;

EID: 31344452188     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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