Seismological evidence of stress induced by dike injection during the 2001 Mt. Etna eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Musumeci, Carla ^a   Cocina, Ornella ^a   De Gori, Pasquale ^a   Patanè, Domenico ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LEVEES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESSES;

DIKE INJECTION; FOCAL MECHANISMS; STRESS TENSORS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DIKE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; SEISMIC PHENOMENA; STRESS ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 3042784653     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019367     Document Type: Article

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