Physical properties of tuffs from a scientific borehole at Alban hills volcanic district (central Italy)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 161-169

  Vinciguerra, S ^a   Del Gaudio, P ^a   Mariucci, M T ^a   Marra, F ^a   Meredith, P G ^b   Montone, P ^a   Pierdominici, S ^a   Scarlato, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Physical properties; Scientific borehole; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

ALBAN HILLS; CENTRAL ITALY; COARSE-GRAINED; EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; FLUID PERMEABILITY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; INNER STRUCTURE; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MATRIX; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PRESSURE CYCLES; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; SCIENTIFIC BOREHOLE; SEISMIC SWARM; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SONIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY CHANGES; VOLCANIC AREAS; VOLCANIC COMPLEX; VOLCANIC DEPOSITS; VOLCANIC DISTRICT;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; AQUIFERS; CAPILLARITY; DEPOSITS; ELASTIC WAVES; ELASTICITY; LITHOLOGY; NICKEL OXIDE; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VOLCANOES; WAVES; WELL LOGGING;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; ELASTIC WAVE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LITHIFICATION; P-WAVE; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TUFF;

ALBAN HILLS; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349229254     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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