Volcanic deformation and flank instability due to magmatic sources and frictional rheology: The case of Mount Etna

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 939-953

  Cianetti, S ^a   Giunchi, C ^a   Casarotti, E ^b  

^a SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elasticity and anelasticity; Eruption mechanisms and flow emplacement; Numerical solutions; Space geodetic surveys; Volcanic hazards and risks

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY AND ANELASTICITY; ERUPTION MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SPACE GEODETIC SURVEYS; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

DEFORMATION; FRICTION; GEODESY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; RHEOLOGY; SURVEYS; VOLCANOES;

ELASTICITY;

ANELASTICITY; COMPLEXITY; DEFORMATION; DISCONTINUITY; DISPLACEMENT; EMPLACEMENT; GEODESY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAGMATISM; RHEOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS FIELD; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84869089302     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05689.x     Document Type: Article

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