Structural and seismological features of the 1989 Syn-Eruptive NNW-SSE fracture system at Mt. Etna

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1545-1548

  Bianco, Francesca ^a   Castellano, Mario ^a   Ventura, Guido ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PILES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; DATA REDUCTION; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; S-WAVE SPLITTING; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMOLOGICAL DATA; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; STOPPING MECHANISM; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

FRACTURE; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANO ERUPTION;

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; SEISMICITY; VOLCANO;

ITALY, SICILY, MOUNT ETNA;

EID: 0032523631     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01296     Document Type: Article

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