Bulk processes prior to the 2001 Mount Etna eruption, highlighted through microgravity studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

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

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eruption precursors; Geophysical monitoring; Intrusive processes; Mass transfer; Microgravity changes; Mount Etna volcano

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MAGMATISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642336405     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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