Publication Date:
2017-04-04
Description:
Dikes within stratovolcanoes are commonly expected to have radial patterns. However, other patterns may also be also found, due to regional stresses, magmatic reservoirs, topographic variations. Here we investigate dike patterns within volcanic edifices, by studying dike and fissure complexes at Somma-Vesuvius and Etna (Italy) and using analogue models. At the surface, the dikes and fissures show a radial configuration. At depths of tens to several hundreds of m, in areas exposed by erosion, tangential and oblique dikes are also present. Analogue models indicate that dikes approaching the flanks of cones, regardless of their initial orientation, reorient to become radial (parallel to the maximum gravitational stress). This reorientation is a significant process in shallow magma migration and may also control the emplacement of dike-fed fissures reaching the lower slopes of the volcano.
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In press
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1.5. TTC - Sorveglianza dell'attività eruttiva dei vulcani
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3.2. Tettonica attiva
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3.5. Geologia e storia dei sistemi vulcanici
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3.6. Fisica del vulcanismo
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4.3. TTC - Scenari di pericolosità vulcanica
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JCR Journal
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open
Keywords:
dike
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Etna
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Somma-Vesuvius
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analogue models
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04. Solid Earth::04.01. Earth Interior::04.01.02. Geological and geophysical evidences of deep processes
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04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.99. General or miscellaneous
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04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.09. Structural geology
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04. Solid Earth::04.07. Tectonophysics::04.07.99. General or miscellaneous
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04. Solid Earth::04.07. Tectonophysics::04.07.07. Tectonics
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04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.99. General or miscellaneous
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04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.03. Magmas
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04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.04. Thermodynamics
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04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.06. Volcano monitoring
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04. Solid Earth::04.08. Volcanology::04.08.08. Volcanic risk
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05. General::05.02. Data dissemination::05.02.03. Volcanic eruptions
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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