Discovery of a huge sector collapse at the Nisyros volcano, Greece, by on-land and offshore geological-structural data

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 485-499

  Tibaldi, A ^a   Pasquare F A ^b   Papanikolaou, D ^c   Nomikou, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

caldera; fault; island volcano; lateral collapse; tsunami

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DEBRIS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SNOW; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES; TECTONICS; TSUNAMIS; VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; CONSISTENT; DEBRIS AVALANCHE DEPOSITS; EXTENDING; FAULT; FEEDING SYSTEMS; ISLAND VOLCANO; LATERAL COLLAPSE; LATERAL COLLAPSES; LAVA FLOWS; MAGMA BATCHES; MAGMA INJECTIONS; MAGMA PRESSURES; OFFSHORE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; SEA FLOORS; STRUCTURAL DATUM; STRUCTURAL TRENDS; TECTONIC STRUCTURES; TRIGGERING MECHANISMS; VERTICAL MOVEMENTS; VOLCANO FLANKS;

LANDFORMS;

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; EMPLACEMENT; FAULTING; ISLAND ARC; LAVA FLOW; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TSUNAMI;

DODECANESE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; NISYROS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 54049089939     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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