A model for seismicity rates observed during the 1982-1984 unrest at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 287-298

  Belardinelli, M E ^a   Bizzarri, A ^b   Berrino, G ^c   Ricciardi, G P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bradyseism; Coulomb stress; Rate and state dependent friction; Stress triggering; Variable stressing rates

Indexed keywords

BRADYSEISM; COULOMB STRESS; STATE-DEPENDENT; STRESS TRIGGERING; VARIABLE STRESSING RATES;

FRICTION; LIFT; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

TRIBOLOGY;

CALDERA; COULOMB CRITERION; DEFORMATION; FAULT; HALF SPACE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; STRESS; UPLIFT;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CAMPI FLEGREI; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA];

EID: 79251596191     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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