Ground deformation modeling of flank dynamics prior to the 2002 eruption of Mt. Etna

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 757-768

  Bonforte, Alessandro ^a   Gambino, Salvatore ^a   Guglielmino, Francesco ^a   Obrizzo, Francesco ^a   Palano, Mimmo ^a   Puglisi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flank dynamics; Ground deformation; Modeling; Mt. Etna volcano; Pernicana fault; Volcano tectonics

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; INTERFEROMETRY; LEVELING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 34147136351     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-006-0106-1     Document Type: Article

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