Quantifying probabilities of eruption at a well-monitored active volcano: An application to Mt. Etna (Sicily, Italy)

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-74

  Brancato, A ^a   Gresta, S ^a   Sandri, L ^b   Selva, J ^b   Marzocchi, W ^b   Alparone, S ^b   Andronico, D ^b   Bonforte, A ^b   Caltabiano, T ^b   Cocina, O ^b   Corsaro, R A ^b   Cristofolini, R ^a   Di Grazia, G D ^b   Distefano, G ^a   Ferlito, C ^a   Gambino, S ^b   Giammanco, S ^b   Greco, F ^b   Napoli, R ^b   Tusa, G ^a   Viccaro, M ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian event tree; Eruption forecasting; Mt. Etna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858780145     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0040     Document Type: Article

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