Complex magma dynamics at Mount Etna revealed by seismic, thermal, and volcanological data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Behncke, B ^a   Falsaperla, S ^a   Pecora, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMA; PHREATOMAGMATISM; STROMATOLITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

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

EID: 67649854691     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008jb005882     Document Type: Article

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