Evolution of volcanism around the eastern sector of Mt. Etna, inland and offshore, in the structural framework of eastern Sicily

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 173, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 306-316

  Patané, Giuseppe ^a   Agostino, Ivan ^a   La Delfa, Santo ^a   Leonardi, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Morphotectonic; Mt. Etna; Pillow lava; Volcano tectonic

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; FLOORS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SURVEYING; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

BACK-ARC BASINS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; ECHO-SOUNDERS; IONIAN SEAS; MAXIMUM DISTANCES; MORPHOTECTONIC; MT. ETNA; MULTIBEAM; PILLOW LAVA; SEA FLOORS; STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORKS; STRUCTURAL SURVEYS; UNDERWATER EXPLORATIONS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; PILLOW LAVA; SEAFLOOR; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

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

EID: 62749186209     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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