DTM-based morphometry of the Palinuro seamount (Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea): Geomorphological and volcanological implications

Geomorphology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 129-140

  Passaro, Salvatore ^a   Milano, Girolamo ^b   D'Isanto, Claudio ^a   Ruggieri, Stefano ^a   Tonielli, Renato ^a   Bruno, Pier Paolo ^b   Sprovieri, Mario ^a   Marsella, Ennio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

DTM; Marine volcanoes; Multibeam bathymetry; Seamount; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; CRATER; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EMPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEODYNAMICS; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIBEAM SONAR; SEAMOUNT; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE STABILITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TERRACE; VOLCANISM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 73849101415     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.041     Document Type: Article

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