The volcano-tectonic map of Etna volcano, 1:100.000 scale: An integrated approach based on a morphotectonic analysis from high-resolution DEM constrained by geologic, active faulting and seismotectonic data

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-170

  Azzaro, Raffaele ^a   Branca, Stefano ^a   Gwinner, Klaus ^b   Coltelli, Mauro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; DEM; Digital photogrammetry; Etna; Morphotectonics; Seismotectonic model; Volcano tectonic landforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857580795     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2011.29     Document Type: Article

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