Shallow magma transport for the 2002-3 Mt. Etna eruption inferred from thermal infrared surveys

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-312

  Spampinato, Letizia ^a,b   Calvari, Sonia ^a   Oppenheimer, Clive ^b   Lodato, Luigi ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dike emplacement; eruptive style; Mt. Etna; thermal measurements; vent distribution

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; LANDFORMS; LEVEES; VENTS; VOLCANOES;

APPARENT TEMPERATURES; DIKE EMPLACEMENT; DIKE INTRUSIONS; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITIES; ERUPTIVE DYNAMICS; ERUPTIVE EVENTS; ERUPTIVE STYLE; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITIES; EXPLOSIVITY; GRADUAL TRANSITIONS; HANDHELD; IMAGING; LAVA EFFUSIONS; MAGMA TRANSPORTS; MT. ETNA; RAPID GROWTHS; STROMBOLIAN ACTIVITIES; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL IMAGES; THERMAL INFRARED; THERMAL MEASUREMENTS; TRANSITIONAL PHASES;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

CINDER CONE; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FISSURE; INFRARED IMAGERY; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VENTING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 54149098126     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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