Magma storage, eruptive activity and flank instability: Inferences from ground deformation and gravity changes during the 1993-2000 recharging of Mt. Etna volcano

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 200, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 245-254

  Bonaccorso, A ^a   Bonforte, A ^a   Currenti, G ^a   Del Negro, C ^a   Di Stefano, A ^a   Greco, F ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deformation; Etna; Flank instability; Gravity; Monitoring; Volcano

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX DYNAMICS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY; ETNA; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; EXSOLUTION; FLANK ERUPTIONS; FLANK INSTABILITY; GRAVITY; GRAVITY CHANGES; GRAVITY DATA; GRAVITY MEASUREMENT; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; JOINT ANALYSIS; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT; MAGMA STORAGE; MOUNT ETNA; MT. ETNA; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; SECOND PHASE; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ASSOCIATED GAS; MONITORING; PLUMBING; VOLCANOES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GRAVITY; MAGMA; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79951723973     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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