Interactions between volcanism and tectonics in the western Aeolian sector, southern Tyrrhenian Sea

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-78

  Bortoluzzi, Giovanni ^a   Ligi, Marco ^a   Romagnoli, Claudia ^b   Cocchi, Luca ^c   Casalbore, Daniele ^b,d   Sgroi, Tiziana ^c   Cuffaro, Marco ^a,d,e   Tontini, Fabio Caratori ^c,f   D'Oriano, Filippo ^a,b   Ferrante, Valentina ^a   Remia, Alessandro ^a   Riminucci, Francesco ^a,b  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Backarc basin processes; High strain deformation zones; Magnetic anomalies: modelling and interpretation; Seismicity and tectonics; Volcanic arc processes

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC BASIN; HIGH STRAIN DEFORMATION ZONES; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ARC;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; BUILDINGS; DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; DECONVOLUTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FAULTING; ISLAND ARC; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEAMOUNT; SEISMICITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANISM;

AEOLIAN ARC; CALABRIA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 78349242202     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04729.x     Document Type: Article

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