Caldera structure, amount of collapse, and erupted volumes: The case of Bolsena caldera, Italy

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1562-1576

  Acocella, V ^a   Palladino, D M ^b   Cioni, R ^c   Russo, P ^b   Simei, S ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; REVERSE FAULTS; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; SUBSURFACE DATA;

REMOTE SENSING;

SUBSIDENCE;

CALDERA; NORMAL FAULT; REMOTE SENSING; REVERSE FAULT; SUBSIDENCE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ITALY;

EID: 84867339353     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30662.1     Document Type: Article

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