Inferences on the main volcano-tectonic structures at Mt. Etna (Sicily) from a probabilistic seismological approach

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-116

  Gresta, Stefano ^a   Peruzza, Laura ^b   Slejko, Dario ^b   Distefano, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake locations; Energy density; Hypocentral probability; Mt. Etna; Volcanic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004716571     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008096020808     Document Type: Article

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