Evidence of multiple strain fields beneath the eastern flank of Mt. Etna volcano (Sicily, Italy) deduced from seismic and geodetic data during 2003-2004

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 869-885

  Alparone, Salvatore ^a   Barberi, Graziella ^a   Bonforte, Alessandro ^a   Maiolino, Vincenza ^a   Ursino, Andrea ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake location; Etna volcano; Fault plane solutions; Geodetic strain; Inter eruptive seismicity; Seismic strain; Seismogenic stress

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT PLANE; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; KINEMATICS; SEISMICITY; STRAIN RATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 80052054769     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0456-1     Document Type: Article

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