Geometric and kinematic features of the dike complex at Mt. Somma, Vesuvio (Italy)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 389-407

  Porreca, M ^a   Acocella, V ^a   Massimi, E ^a   Mattei, M ^a   Funiciello, R ^a   De Benedetti, A A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

AMS; dikes; Vesuvio; volcanoes

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC FEATURES; KINEMATIC FEATURES; RADIAL DIKES;

ANISOTROPY; KINEMATICS; LEVEES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

VOLCANOES;

DIKE; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; VOLCANO;

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

EID: 33646050315     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.027     Document Type: Article

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