A new petrological and geophysical investigation of the present-day plumbing system of Mount Vesuvius

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Pommier, A ^a,b   Tarits, P ^c   Hautot, S ^c   Pichavant, M ^a   Scaillet, B ^a   Gaillard, F ^a  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

electrical conductivity; forward modeling.; magnetotellurics; Mount Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURICS; MOUNTINGS; PETROLOGY; PLUMBING; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VOLCANOES;

3D SIMULATIONS; CONDUCTIVE LAYER; CONDUCTIVITY MODELS; COOLING MAGMAS; DEEP STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL DATA; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FIELD DATA; FORWARD MODELING; GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION; LOW QUALITIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA RESERVOIRS; MAGNETOTELLURIC STUDIES; MOUNT VESUVIUS; MT. VESUVIUS; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; RESISTIVITY VALUES; SEISMIC STUDIES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SHALLOW DEPTHS; VESUVIUS; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FORWARD MODELING; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PETROLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSFER FUNCTION; VOLCANO;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS;

EID: 77955202656     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003059     Document Type: Article

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