Focal parameters of seismic sources during the 1981 and 1983 eruption at Mt. Etna volcano (Sicily, Italy)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1061-1073

  Imposa, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemism; Eruptions; Magmatic activity; Mount Etna; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ANDERSON; ANELASTIC ATTENUATION; CHEMISM; ERUPTIONS; FOCAL PARAMETERS; FREE SURFACE EFFECTS; GEOMETRICAL SPREADING; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MOUNT ETNA; MT. ETNA; PROPAGATION PATHS; S OURCE PARAMETERS; SEISMIC EVENTS; SEISMIC MOMENTS; SEISMIC SOURCES; SEISMICITY; SELF SIMILARITIES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FAULT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC SOURCE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

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

EID: 49849101962     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1055-5     Document Type: Article

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