Continuous tracking of volcanic tremor at Mount Etna, Italy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 699-705

  Di Lieto, B ^a   Saccorotti, G ^b,d   Zuccarello, L ^c   La Rocca, M ^b   Scarpa, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Seismic array; Seismic wave propagation; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

CRATER; LAVA FLOW; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOMETRY; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 34247248973     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03316.x     Document Type: Article

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