From steep-slope volcano to flat caldera floor

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Barde Cabusson, Stéphanie ^a   Merle, Olivier ^a  

^a Universite Blaise Pascal   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAT CALDERA FLOOR; MAGMA CHAMBER; STEEP-SLOPE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; OVERBURDEN; VOLCANO;

EID: 34447559411     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029784     Document Type: Article

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