High precision tilt observation at Mt. Etna Volcano, Italy

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 618-632

  Ferro, Angelo ^a   Gambino, Salvatore ^a   Panepinto, Stefano ^b   Falzone, Giuseppe ^a   Laudani, Giuseppe ^a   Ducarme, Bernard ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Earth tides; Mt. Etna; tilt borehole tiltmeter; volcanic signals

Indexed keywords

EARTH TIDE; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; HIGH PRECISION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAVA FOUNTAINS; MT. ETNA; PRECISE MONITORING; SENSOR POSITIONING; TIDAL EFFECTS; TILT BOREHOLE TILTMETER; TILT DATA; TILT SIGNALS; VOLCANIC SIGNALS;

INSTALLATION; SENSORS; SITE SELECTION; TIDE GAGES; TIDES; VOLCANOES;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

DEFORMATION; DETECTION METHOD; EARTH TIDE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MONITORING; PRECISION; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; TILT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79955090310     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-011-0003-7     Document Type: Article

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