A statistical analysis of eruptive activity on Mount Etna, Sicily

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 655-666

  Smethurst, Lucy ^a   James, Mike R ^b   Pinkerton, Harry ^b   Tawn, Jonathan A ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spatial analysis; Time series analysis; Volcanic hazards and risks

Indexed keywords

CYCLICITY; LAVA FLOW; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

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

EID: 70349981886     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04286.x     Document Type: Article

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