How summit calderas collapse on basaltic volcanoes: New insights from the April 2007 caldera collapse of Piton de la Fournaise volcano

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 138-151

  Michon, Laurent ^a   Villeneuve, Nicolas ^b   Catry, Thibault ^a,c   Merle, Olivier ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

caldera; collapse dynamics; Piton de la Fournaise

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; CENTRAL ZONE; COLLAPSE DYNAMICS; COLLAPSE STRUCTURES; COLLAPSED STRUCTURES; COMMON MODE; EXTENSIONAL STRESS; GPS DATA; GPS NETWORK; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; LOCAL EFFECTS; MAGMA CHAMBER; MIYAKEJIMA; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE VOLCANO; POLISHED SURFACES; PRESSURE INCREASE; SEISMIC SIGNALS; TILTED BLOCKS; VERTICAL WALL;

COALESCENCE; DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

BASALT; CALDERA; CRATER; GPS; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; SATELLITE DATA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

ASIA; CHUBU; ECUADOR; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FERNANDINA; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; HONSHU; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; IZU ISLANDS; JAPAN; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MIYAKEJIMA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE; REUNION; SHIZUOKA [CHUBU]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349108798     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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