Continental margin large-scale instability controlling the flank sliding of Etna volcano

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 305, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Chiocci, F L ^a,b   Coltelli, M ^c   Bosman, A ^a,b   Cavallaro, D ^c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Etna volcano; Multibeam bathymetry; Submarine instability; Volcano sliding

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ETNA VOLCANO; ETNA VOLCANOS; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; LARGE-SCALE INSTABILITY; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; REGIONAL TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TECTONIC SETTINGS; THRUST BELTS;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; BATHYMETRY; MODEL STRUCTURES; STABILITY; SUBMARINES; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

BATHYMETRY; BELT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; INSTABILITY; LINEAMENT; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; SLIDING; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANO;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79953742333     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.040     Document Type: Article

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