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Showing papers by "Laurent Michon published in 2009"

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How summit calderas collapse on basaltic volcanoes: New insights from the April 2007 caldera collapse of Piton de la Fournaise volcano

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Laurent Michon1, Nicolas Villeneuve2, Thibault Catry3, Thibault Catry1, Olivier Merle1, Olivier Merle4 •
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris1, Institut de recherche pour le développement2, University of Bologna3, Blaise Pascal University4
01 Jul 2009-Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a structural analysis of the collapsed Piton de la Fournaise volcano and the surrounding area, using GPS data recorded with a dense GPS network specifically dedicated to the analysis of deformation related to the summit collapse structures.

68 citations

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Edifice growth, deformation and rift zone development in basaltic setting: Insights from Piton de la Fournaise shield volcano (Réunion Island)

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Laurent Michon, Valérie Cayol, Ludovic Letourneur1, Aline Peltier2, Nicolas Villeneuve3, Thomas Staudacher •
University of Göttingen1, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris2, Institut de recherche pour le développement3
01 Jul 2009-Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
TL;DR: In this article, the origin of the steep geometry of the central cone of Piton de la Fournaise volcano and its deformation are examined with a combination of a detailed morphological analysis, field observations, GPS data from the PDE volcano Observatory and numerical models.

43 citations