Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of Mt. Etna, Italy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1975-1978

  Villasenor A ^a   Benz, H M ^a   Filippi, L ^b   De Luca, G ^b   Scarpa, R ^b   Patane G ^c   Vinciguerra, S ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; SLOPE STABILITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

FIRST ARRIVAL; LOW VELOCITY REGION; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; MAFIC INTRUSION; P-WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE; PROMINENT STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION;

VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANO;

ITALY, SICILY, MOUNT ETNA;

EID: 0032100143     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01240     Document Type: Article

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