Volcanic tremor at Mt. Etna: Inferences on magma dynamics during effusive and explosive activity

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-31

  Cannata, A ^a   Catania, A ^a   Alparone, S ^b   Gresta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

effusive and explosive activity; Mt. Etna; spectral and polarization analysis; volcanic tremor

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; EXPLOSIVES; FOUNTAINS; LANDFORMS; POLARIZATION;

DIFFERENT TIME SCALES; DOMINANT FREQUENCIES; EFFUSIVE AND EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITIES; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITIES; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; LAVA FLOWS; LAVA FOUNTAINS; MAGMA DYNAMICS; MT. ETNA; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; POLARIZATION PARAMETERS; POWERFUL TOOLS; REFINED ANALYSIS; SOUND SPEEDS; SOURCE DIMENSIONS; SPECTRAL AND POLARIZATION ANALYSIS; STROMBOLIAN ACTIVITIES; TIME VARIATIONS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC TREMOR; VOLCANIC TREMORS;

VOLCANOES;

CRATER; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; POLARIZATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

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

EID: 55549136439     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.11.027     Document Type: Article

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