Long period and very long period events at Mt. Etna volcano: Characteristics, variability and causality, and implications for their sources

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 227-249

  Cannata, A ^a   Hellweg, M ^b   Di Grazia, G ^a   Ford, S ^c   Alparone, S ^a   Gresta, S ^d   Montalto, P ^a,d   Patane D ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

LP and VLP events; moment tensors; Mt. Etna volcano; source location

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; HALF-SPACE; LONG-PERIOD EVENTS; LP AND VLP EVENTS; MOMENT TENSOR INVERSION; MOMENT TENSORS; MT. ETNA; MT. ETNA VOLCANO; P WAVES; RADIAL SEMBLANCE; SOURCE LOCATION; SOURCE REGION; SPECTRAL FEATURE; VARIANCE REDUCTIONS; VERY LONG-PERIOD EVENTS; WAVE FORMS; WAVEFIELDS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LOCATION; VOLCANOES;

TENSORS;

ARRIVAL TIME; GREEN FUNCTION; HALF SPACE; MOMENT TENSOR; P-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE FIELD; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 70350244373     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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