Time-space variation of volcano-seismic events at La Fossa (Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy): New insights into seismic sources in a hydrothermal system

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 803-816

  Alparone, Salvatore ^a   Cannata, Andrea ^a   Gambino, Salvatore ^a   Gresta, Stefano ^b   Milluzzo, Vincenzo ^b,c   Montalto, Placido ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal system; Sompi method; Spectral analysis; Volcano seismology; Volcano seismic events; Vulcano Island; Waveform classification

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; SEISMIC SOURCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANO; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FOSSA CRATER; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; VULCANO;

EID: 77956178820     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0367-6     Document Type: Article

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