Paper Info
Title
Evidence for a peculiar style of ground deformation at Vesuvius volcano revealed by 10 years of ERS mission
Abstract
We present results obtained via an innovative spaceborne SAR interferometry algorithm showing that, despite its quiescent stage, the Somma-Vesuvius volcanic complex is subject to a particular deformation process. This is characterized by a rather continuous subsidence effect, revealed by both ERS satellite data and levelling surveys, between 1992 and 2000. These deformations are mainly localized in two zones involving the Vesuvius cone and a narrow discontinuous annular area that extends around the base of the Somma edifice. A likely explanation of subsidence at both sites involves the joint effect of gravitational sliding and extensional tectonic stress occurring at the contact between different lithological units.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1027267
IGARSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
radar altimetry,radiowave interferometry,remote sensing by radar,spaceborne radar,synthetic aperture radar,tectonics,volcanology,ad 1992 to 2000,ers satellite data,italy,somma-vesuvius volcanic complex,vesuvius cone,annular area,deformation process,extensional tectonic stress,gravitational sliding,ground deformation,levelling surveys,lithological units contact,quiescent stage,spaceborne sar interferometry,subsidence effect,satellites,stress,hazards,remote sensing,explosives,volcanoes,interferometry,surface topography
Seismology,Volcano,Synthetic aperture radar,Tectonics,Remote sensing,Subsidence,Volcanology,Deformation (mechanics),Geology,Extensional definition,Levelling,Geodesy
Conference
Volume
ISBN
Citations 
6
0-7803-7536-X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
11
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
P. Berardino173085.58
j bequignon200.34
sven borgstrom301.01
g de natale400.34
paolo capuano500.34
Gianfranco Fornaro666374.07
Riccardo Lanari719950.16
folco pingue800.34
g p ricciardi900.68
Eugenio Sansosti109423.99
claudia troise1101.01