3D numerical deformation model of the intrusive event forerunning the 2001 Etna eruption

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 88-96

  Currenti, Gilda ^a   Del Negro, Ciro ^a   Ganci, Gaetana ^a,b   Scandura, Danila ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Etna volcano; Finite element method; Ground deformation; Medium heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEFORMATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION MODELING; DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; DISLOCATION MODELING; ELASTIC HALF SPACES; ELASTIC MEDIUM; ELSEVIER (CO); ETNA VOLCANO; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); GROUND DEFORMATIONS; HALF SPACES; IN ORDER; MEDIUM HETEROGENEITY; MESH ELEMENTS; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; VOLCANIC EDIFICES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GPS; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 46849090554     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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