Shear wave splitting changes associated with the 2001 volcanic eruption on Mt Etna

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 959-967

  Bianco, Francesca ^a   Scarfi, Luciano ^b   Del Pezzo, Edoardo ^a   Patanè, Domenico ^b  

^a OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cracked media; Seismican isotropy; Shear wave splitting; Volcanic activity; Volcanic structure; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; POLARIZATION; S-WAVE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

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

EID: 33750703976     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03152.x     Document Type: Article

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