Tomomorphometry of the Somma-Vesuvius volcano (Italy)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Ventura, Guido ^a   Vilardo, Giuseppe ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ERUPTIVE FISSURES; NODAL PLANES; TOMOMORPHOMETRY;

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; ELLIPSE; MORPHOMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845626990     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027116     Document Type: Article

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