FEM-based inversion for heterogeneous fault mechanisms: Application at Etna volcano by DInSAR data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 765-773

  Currenti, Gilda ^a   Bonaccorso, Alessandro ^a   Del Negro, Ciro ^a   Guglielmino, Francesco ^a   Scandura, Danila ^a   Boschi, Enzo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Numerical solutions; Radar interferometry; Volcanic hazards and risks

Indexed keywords

3-D PROBLEMS; D-INSAR; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ETNA VOLCANOS; FAULT MECHANISM; GEODETIC DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION; INVERSE ALGORITHM; MAGMA INTRUSION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NONUNIFORM; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PERNICANA FAULT SYSTEM; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RUPTURE MECHANISM; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC EDIFICE; VOLCANIC HAZARDS AND RISKS;

EARTHQUAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HAZARDS; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

VOLCANOES;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAULT SLIP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GREEN FUNCTION; HETEROGENEITY; KINEMATICS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMOTECTONICS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 77958580287     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04769.x     Document Type: Article

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