Upward migration of Vesuvius magma chamber over the past 20,000 years

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7210, 2008, Pages 216-219

  Scaillet, B ^a,b   Pichavant, M ^a,b   Cioni, R ^c,d  

^a UMR 7327   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CALDERA; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; PETROLOGY; STRESS FIELD; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PETROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANO;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS;

EID: 51649114717     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07232     Document Type: Article

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