Some insights on the occurrence of recent volcanic eruptions of Mount Etna volcano (Sicily, Italy)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1203-1218

  Sandri, Laura ^a   Marzocchi, Warner ^a   Gasperini, Paolo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flank eruptions; Mount Etna volcano; Regional tectonic stress; Statistical pattern recognition; Time predictability

Indexed keywords

PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

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

EID: 33744905905     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02757.x     Document Type: Article

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