Roots of Etna volcano in faults of great earthquakes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 171-191

  Hirn, Alfred ^a   Nicolich, Rinaldo ^b   Gallart, Josep ^c   Laigle, Mireille ^a   Cernobori, Licio ^b   Accaino, Flavio ^d   Avedik, Félix ^d   Bianca, Marcello ^d   Diaz, Jordi ^d   Lépine, Jean Claude ^d   Metton, Guido ^d   Monaco, Carmelo ^d   Nercessian, Alexandre ^d   Petronio, Lorenzo ^d   Pou, Salvador ^d   Romanelli, Marco ^d   Gallares, Valenti ^d   Sapin, Martine ^d   Tortorici, Luigi ^d   Marson, Iginio ^d   Sachpazi, Maria ^d   Della Vedova, Bruno ^d   more..

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Mount Etna; Seismic profiles; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC SURVEY; VOLCANO;

ITALY, SICILY, MOUNT ETNA;

EID: 0030881331     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00023-x     Document Type: Article

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