Understanding the seismic velocity structure of Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy): From the laboratory to the field scale

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2205-2221

  Vinciguerra, S ^a   Trovato, C ^a   Meredith, P G ^b   Benson, P M ^b   Troise, C ^a   de Natale, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laboratory P and S wave velocities; Mechanical and thermal stresses; Tomographic velocity map

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION; CRACK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAMPI FLEGREI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751036443     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0118-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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