Volcanic edifice weakening via decarbonation: A self-limiting process?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Mollo, Silvio ^a   Heap, Michael J ^b   Iezzi, Gianluca ^c   Hess, Kai Uwe ^d   Scarlato, Piergiorgio ^a   Dingwell, Donald B ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES;

CARBONATE ROCK; DECARBONATION; FLANK COLLAPSE; INHERENT INSTABILITY; ROCK PHYSICAL; SELF-LIMITING PROCESS; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY; VOLCANIC EDIFICE; VOLCANIC RISK; VOLCANIC STRUCTURES;

VOLCANOES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE ROCK; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COLLAPSE; INSTABILITY; MICROCRACK; THERMAL ALTERATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WEAK ROCK;

EID: 84865412418     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052613     Document Type: Article

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