High precision locations of LP events on Mt. Etna: Reconstruction of the fluid-filled volume

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 663-674

  Gambino, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

1991 93 eruption; Conduct geometry; Mt.Etna Northeast Crater; Stacked events; Waveform correlation

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EARTHQUAKE; STACKING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 33750971720     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-006-0042-8     Document Type: Article

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