Analytical modeling of gravity changes and crustal deformation at volcanoes: The Long Valley caldera, California, case study

Tectonophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 45-57

  Battaglia, M ^a,b   Hill, D P ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical models; Caldera unrest; Long Valley caldera; Volcano geodesy; Volcano monitoring

Indexed keywords

A DENSITIES; ANALYTICAL MODELING; ANALYTICAL MODELS; BACKGROUND NOISE; CALDERA UNREST; CALIFORNIA; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DENSITY ESTIMATES; DIP ANGLES; GEODETIC DATUM; GRAVITY CHANGES; GRAVITY MEASUREMENTS; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; HIGH QUALITY DATUM; JOINT MEASUREMENTS; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; MICRO GRAVITIES; MODELING METHODS; SILICIC MAGMAS; SOURCE GEOMETRIES; SOURCE LOCATIONS; VOLCANO MONITORING; VOLUME CHANGES;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DOMES; GEODESY; GRAVITATION; MONITORING; SURVEYING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

VOLCANOES;

BOOTSTRAPPING; CALDERA; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DATA SET; DOME; GEODESY; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGMA; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLCANO;

CALIFORNIA; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349259330     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.09.040     Document Type: Article

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