Deformation and eruptions at Mt. Etna (Italy): A lesson from 15 years of observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Neri, Marco ^a   Casu, Francesco ^b,c   Acocella, Valerio ^d   Solaro, Giuseppe ^e   Pepe, Susi ^b   Berardino, Paolo ^b   Sansosti, Eugenio ^b   Caltabiano, Tommaso ^a   Lundgren, Paul ^f   Lanari, Riccardo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

CRITICAL PRESSURES; DEFORMATION MEASUREMENTS; DEFORMATION RATES; FLANK ERUPTIONS; JOINT INTERPRETATIONS; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; LAVA FOUNTAINS; MT. ETNA; SPACE-BORNE; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

DEFORMATION; MAGMA; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 62749140778     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036151     Document Type: Article

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