Coupled magma chamber inflation and sector collapse slip observed with synthetic aperture radar interferometry on Mt. Etna volcano

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Lundgren, P ^a   Berardino, P ^b   Coltelli, M ^c   Fornaro, G ^b   Lanari, R ^b   Puglisi, G ^c   Sansosti, E ^b   Tesauro, M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deformation; Etna; Interferometry; Radar; Volcano

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLCANISM;

ITALY; MOUNT ETNA; SICILY;

EID: 0041382567     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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