Volcanism and mantle-crust evolution: The Etna case

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 831-843

  Patanè, Giuseppe ^a   La Delfa, Santo ^a,b   Tanguy, Jean Claude ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Osservatorio Meteorologico Geodinamico ed Ambientale   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Earthquake; Morphology; Mt. Etna; Tectonic; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CRUST EVOLUTION; MOUNT ETNA; VOLCANISM;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; VOLCANISM;

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

EID: 30844453170     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.10.039     Document Type: Article

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