Earthquake-volcano interactions detected from radon degassing at Stromboli (Italy)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 511-525

  Cigolini, C ^a   Laiolo, M ^a   Coppola, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

degassing; dynamic response of volcanoes; earthquake volcano interactions; magma volume; radon anomalies

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE-VOLCANO INTERACTIONS; MAGMA VOLUME; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION MECHANISM;

DEGASSING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; RADON; SEISMIC WAVES;

VOLCANOES;

DEGASSING; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; MAGMA; RADON; SOIL; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBDUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URANIUM; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STROMBOLI;

EID: 34247573619     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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