Edifice growth, deformation and rift zone development in basaltic setting: Insights from Piton de la Fournaise shield volcano (Réunion Island)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 14-30

  Michon, Laurent ^a   Cayol, Valérie ^b   Letourneur, Ludovic ^c   Peltier, Aline ^d   Villeneuve, Nicolas ^e   Staudacher, Thomas ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

growth process; morphology; numerical modelling; Piton de la Fournaise; rift zone; volcano fractures

Indexed keywords

DENSE NETWORK; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY; EXOGENOUS GROWTH; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GPS DATA; GROWTH PROCESS; LAVA FLOWS; MAGMA INJECTION; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE VOLCANO; RIFT ZONE; RIFT ZONES;

BASALT; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LEAD; MORPHOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALDERA; GPS; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAVA FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIFT ZONE; SHIELD VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE; REUNION;

EID: 67349183999     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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