Soil gases and SAR measurements reveal hidden faults on the sliding flank of Mt. Etna (Italy)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-40

  Bonforte, Alessandro ^a   Federico, Cinzia ^b   Giammanco, Salvatore ^a   Guglielmino, Francesco ^a   Liuzzo, Marco ^b   Neri, Marco ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CO2; Etna; Faults; InSAR; Radon; Volcano tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE STRUCTURES; ACTIVE TECTONICS; ETNA; FAULTS; GROUND DATA; INSAR; MEASUREMENT POINTS; MT. ETNA; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL CO; SOIL GAS; SOIL RADON MEASUREMENTS; STRUCTURAL FIELDS; STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORKS; TECTONIC LINEAMENTS; VOLCANIC EDIFICE; VOLCANO-TECTONICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FAULTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; RADON; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACTIVE FAULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; RADON; SOIL GAS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TECTONICS; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84873416029     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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