The 16 November 2006 flank collapse of the south-east crater at Mount Etna, Italy: Study of the deposit and hazard assessment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Norini, Gianluca ^a   DeBeni, Emanuela ^b   Andronico, Daniele ^b   Polacci, Margherita ^b   Burton, Mike ^b   Zucca, Francesco ^c  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; LAVA; SOFTWARE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 66149192427     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005779     Document Type: Article

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