Electrical conductivity, ground displacement, gravity changes, and gas flow at Solfatara crater (Campi Flegrei caldera, Italy): Results from numerical modeling

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 207, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 93-105

  Rinaldi, A P ^a,d   Todesco, M ^a   Vandemeulebrouck, J ^b   Revil, A ^b,c   Bonafede, M ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPI FLEGREI; DETECTABLE SIGNAL; DIFFUSE DEGASSING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GAS TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY CHANGES; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; GROUND DISPLACEMENT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODELING; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; SMALL SCALE; WATER TABLES;

DEGASSING; FLUIDS; PETROLEUM REFINING;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRATER; DISPLACEMENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GAS FLOW; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER TABLE;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOLFATARA;

EID: 80555149446     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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