A data sequence acquired at Mt. Etna during the 2002-2003 eruption highlights the potential of continuous gravity observations as a tool to monitor and study active volcanoes

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 320-329

  Carbone, D ^a   Budetta, G ^a   Greco, F ^a   Zuccarello, L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gravity; Gravity anomalies; Magma intrusion; Mount Etna; Volcanic tremor

Indexed keywords

GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MAGMA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

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

EID: 33846697935     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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