Faulting on the western flank of Mt Etna and magma intrusions in the shallow crust

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-94

  Mattia, Mario ^a   Patanè, Domenico ^a   Aloisi, Marco ^a   Amore, Mauro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; SEISMICITY;

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

EID: 33947705754     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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