Evaluating fracture patterns within a resurgent caldera: Campi Flegrei, Italy

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 623-638

  Acocella, Valerio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bradyseism; Caldera; Campi Flegrei; Fractures; Resurgence

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE ZONE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAMPI FLEGREI; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA];

EID: 77954145122     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0347-x     Document Type: Article

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