Changing in crust mechanical behaviour due to raising magma: A fracturing model of SE flank of Mt. Etna (Sicily)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 493-509

  La Delfa, Santo ^a,b   Patane', Giuseppe ^a   Presti, Ferdinando ^b   Tringali, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Osservatorio Meteorologico Geodinamico ed Ambientale (OMeGA) IRMA srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

crust rheology; earthquake; faulting model; faults; fracturing processes; Mt. Etna

Indexed keywords

CRUST RHEOLOGY; FAULTS; FRACTURING PROCESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT; FRACTURE ZONE; MAGMA; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 34047156091     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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