A multidisciplinary study of an active fault crossing urban areas: The Trecastagni Fault at Mt. Etna (Italy)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-49

  Bonforte, A ^a   Carnazzo, A ^b   Gambino, S ^a   Guglielmino, F ^a   Obrizzo, F ^c   Puglisi, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Provincia Regionale di Catania   (Italy)

^c OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Fault; InSAR; Levelling; Volcano tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ACTIVE MONITORING; CONTINUOUS DYNAMICS; DRAGGING EFFECT; FAULT; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; INSAR; LEVELLING; MAGMATIC PROCESS; MT. ETNA; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SHALLOW SEISMICITY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; URBAN AREAS; VOLCANO-TECTONICS;

DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMICITY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; URBAN AREA;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84873442297     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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