Ground deformation at Mt. Etna: A joint interpretation of GPS and InSAR data from 1993 to 2000

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-98

  Palano, Mimmo ^a   Puglisi, G ^a   Gresta, S ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

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