Dynamic plumbing system beneath volcanoes revealed by kinetic modeling, and the connection to monitoring data: An example from Mt. Etna

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 11-22

  Kahl, Maren ^a   Chakraborty, Sumit ^a   Costa, Fidel ^b   Pompilio, Massimo ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Mt. Etna; Olivine; Plumbing system; Timescales; Zoning

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL ZONING; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; GAS FLUX; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; KINETIC MODELING; MAGMATIC PROCESS; MELT MIGRATION; MONITORING SIGNALS; MT. ETNA; OLIVINE CRYSTALS; PLUMBING SYSTEM; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; RESIDENCE TIME; SATELLITE BASED OBSERVATIONS; SEISMIC SIGNALS; STROMBOLIAN ACTIVITY; THREE TIME-SCALES; TIME-SCALES;

CRYSTALS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; KINETIC THEORY; OLIVINE; VOLCANOES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; ZONING;

PLUMBING;

DEFORMATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; OLIVINE; SEISMIC SOURCE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ZONING;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79959943501     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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