Structural architecture of the Colima Volcanic Complex

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Norini, G ^a,b   Capra, L ^b   Groppelli, G ^c   Agliardi, F ^a   Pola, A ^a   Cortes, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIFT ZONE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANO;

COLIMA; COLIMA VOLCANO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 78650470639     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007649     Document Type: Article

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