Explosion-seismic tomography of a magmatic body beneath Etna: Volatile discharge and tectonic control of volcanism

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2665-2668

  Laigle, Mireille ^a,b   Hirn, Alfred ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES; BUILDINGS;

MAGMA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY METHOD; ARTIFICIAL SOURCES; HIGH VELOCITY; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LATERAL HETEROGENEITY; SEISMIC PROPAGATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TECTONIC CONTROL; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

SEISMOLOGY;

MAGMA CHAMBER; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VOLATILE ELEMENT; VOLCANO;

ITALY; MOUNT ETNA; SICILY;

EID: 0033378408     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL005300     Document Type: Article

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