Seismic structure beneath Mt Vesuvius from receiver function analysis and local earthquakes tomography: Evidences for location and geometry of the magma chamber

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1298-1308

  Agostinetti, N Piana ^a   Chiarabba, C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body waves; Magma chamber processes; Seismic tomography; Volcano seismology

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; MAGMA CHAMBER; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VOLCANO;

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

EID: 57049141696     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03868.x     Document Type: Article

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