Dynamics of a lava fountain revealed by geophysical, geochemical and thermal satellite measurements: The case of the 10 April 2011 Mt Etna eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Bonaccorso, A ^a   Caltabiano, T ^a   Currenti, G ^a   Del Negro, C ^a   Gambino, S ^a   Ganci, G ^a   Giammanco, S ^a   Greco, F ^a   Pistorio, A ^a   Salerno, G ^a   Spampinato, S ^a   Boschi, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS; SATELLITES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANOES;

DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DISPERSED FLOW; EFFUSIVE ERUPTIONS; EMISSION RATES; ETNA VOLCANOS; GASPHASE; INFRARED SATELLITES; LAVA FOUNTAINS; MAGMA SOURCES; MAGMA STORAGE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEISMIC TREMOR; STORAGE ZONES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL DATA; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLUMETRIC BALANCE;

FOUNTAINS;

CRATER; DEGASSING; GAS PHASE REACTION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; INFRARED IMAGERY; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84855272307     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049637     Document Type: Article

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