Bayesian inversion of 1994-1998 vertical displacements at Mt Etna: Evidence for magma intrusion

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 935-946

  Obrizzo, F ^a   Pingue, F ^a   Troise, C ^a   De Natale, G ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian inversion; Deformation; Geodesy; Magma; Mt Etna

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DATA INVERSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; VOLCANO;

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

EID: 2542522313     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02160.x     Document Type: Article

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