Subsurface mass redistributions at Mount Etna (Italy) during the 1995-1996 explosive activity detected by microgravity studies

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-88

  Budetta, Gennaro ^a   Carbone, Daniele ^a   Greco, Filippo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gravity; Inversion; Mechanisms; Reservoirs; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY FIELD; MAGMATISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER LEVEL;

ITALY;

EID: 0032847880     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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