Secondary hydrothermal minerals in buried rocks at the Campi Flegrei caldera, Italy: A possible tool to understand the rock-physics and to assess the state of the volcanic system

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-406

  Mormone, Angela ^a,b   Tramelli, Anna ^a   Di Vito, Mauro A ^a   Piochi, Monica ^a   Troise, Claudia ^a   Natale, Giuseppe De ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campi Flegrei; Elastic proprieties; Geothermal system; Hydrothermal minerals; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855852091     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2451/2011PM0027     Document Type: Article

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