On deformation sources in volcanic areas: Modeling the Campi Flegrei (Italy) 1982-84 unrest

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 306, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 175-185

  Trasatti, E ^a   Bonafede, M ^b   Ferrari, C ^b   Giunchi, C ^a   Berrino, G ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caldera unrest; Campi flegrei; Deformation; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

3D FINITE ELEMENT; BAYESIAN INVERSION; BEST FIT; CALDERA UNREST; CAMPI FLEGREI; DATA FITS; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DISLOCATION SOURCES; EIGENVALUES; ELASTIC STRUCTURES; GENERAL APPROACH; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; GRAVITY CHANGES; HALF-SPACE; MAGMA RESERVOIRS; MEDIUM HETEROGENEITY; MIXED MODE; MOMENT TENSORS; NUMERICAL MODELING; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PHYSICAL MODEL; SHALLOW SOURCES; SOURCE MECHANISMS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; VOLATILE-RICH MAGMA; VOLCANIC AREAS;

CRACKS; DEFORMATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MODELS; VOLCANOES;

TENSORS;

CALDERA; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EIGENVALUE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; MAGMATISM; MOMENT TENSOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOURCE PARAMETERS; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANOLOGY;

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

EID: 79956292251     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.03.033     Document Type: Article

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