Magma-chamber volume changes associated with ring-fault initiation using a finite-sphere model: Application to the Aira caldera, Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 58-66

  Kusumoto, Shigekazu ^a   Gudmundsson, Agust ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aira caldera; Caldera; Elastic plastic theory; Finite sphere; Point source; Ring fault initiation

Indexed keywords

AIRA CALDERA; CALDERA; ELASTIC-PLASTIC THEORY; FINITE SPHERE; POINT SOURCE; RING-FAULT INITIATION;

ELASTOPLASTICITY; PLASTICS; SHRINKAGE; SPHERES;

ELASTIC CONSTANTS;

CALDERA; FAULT; HEURISTICS; MAGMA CHAMBER; MODELING; RING COMPLEX;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

AIRA;

EID: 67349264538     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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