Numerical inversion of deformation caused by pressure sources: Application to Mount Etna (Italy)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 873-884

  Trasatti, Elisa ^a   Giunchi, C ^a   Agostinetti, N Piana ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Inverse theory; Mechanics, theory, and modelling; Numerical solutions; Volcano monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODESY; GPS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRESS;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38349132214     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03677.x     Document Type: Article

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