Detachment depth revealed by rollover deformation: An integrated approach at Mount Etna

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Ruch, J ^a   Acocella, V ^a   Storti, F ^a   Neri, M ^b   Pepe, S ^c   Solaro, G ^c   Sansosti, E ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; OCEANOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

3D GEOMETRY; CONSTRUCTION MODEL; DETACHMENT FAULT; FLANK INSTABILITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MOUNT ETNA; MT. ETNA; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; STRUCTURAL DATA; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES;

VOLCANOES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETACHMENT FAULT; GEOMETRY; INSTABILITY; KINEMATICS; MORPHOLOGY; RIFT ZONE; SEISMICITY; SLIP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 77956069055     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044131     Document Type: Article

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