Kinematics and strain analyses of the eastern segment of the Pernicana Fault (Mt. Etna, Italy) derived from geodetic techniques (1997-2005)

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 1105-1117

  Palano, Mimmo ^a   Aloisi, Marco ^a   Amore, Mauro ^a   Bonforte, Alessandro ^a   Calvagna, Francesco ^a   Cantarero, Massimo ^a   Consoli, Orazio ^a   Consoli, Salvatore ^a   Guglielmino, Francesco ^a   Mattia, Mario ^a   Puglisi, Biagio ^a   Puglisi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EDM; GPS; Ground deformation; Mt. Etna; Pernicana fault

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; GEODESY; GPS; KINEMATICS;

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

EID: 34247531002     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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