How do volcanic rift zones relate to flank instability? Evidence from collapsing rifts at Etna

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Ruch, Joel ^a   Pepe, Susi ^b   Casu, Francesco ^b   Acocella, Valerio ^a   Neri, Marco ^c   Solaro, Giuseppe ^b   Sansosti, Eugenio ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; LEVEES;

FLANK INSTABILITY; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; RIFT ZONES; VOLCANIC RIFTS;

VOLCANOES;

EID: 84868332141     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053683     Document Type: Article

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