Mount Etna dense array local earthquake P and S tomography and implications for volcanic plumbing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B9, 2000, Pages 21633-21646

  Laigle, Mireille ^a   Hirn, Alfred ^a   Sapin, Martine ^a   Lépine, Jean Claude ^a   Diaz, Jordi ^b   Gallart, Josep ^b   Nicolich, Rinaldo ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANO;

ITALY; MOUNT ETNA; SICILY;

EID: 0034633197     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900190     Document Type: Article

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