Seismic and infrasound signals at Mt. Etna: Modeling the North-East crater conduit and its relation with the 2008-2009 eruption feeding system

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 254, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-68

  Sciotto, Mariangela ^a   Cannata, Andrea ^b   Gresta, Stefano ^a,b   Privitera, Eugenio ^b   Spina, Laura ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helmholtz resonator; Infrasound; Mt. Etna; Plumbing system geometry; Seismo acoustic studies

Indexed keywords

HELMHOLTZ RESONATORS; INFRASOUND; MT. ETNA; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; SEISMO-ACOUSTIC STUDIES;

FREQUENCY BANDS; PLUMBING; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRATER; FISSURE; GEOMETRY; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; INFRASONICS; MAGMA; MODELING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SEISMOMETRY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84873287542     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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