A pilot GIS database of active faults of Mt. Etna (Sicily): A tool for integrated hazard evaluation

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-186

  Barreca, Giovanni ^a   Bonforte, Alessandro ^b   Neri, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active fault database; Flank dynamics; Georeferenced arc features; GIS based system; Hazard assessment; Volcano tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; GEOREFERENCED ARC-FEATURES; GIS-BASED SYSTEM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; VOLCANO-TECTONICS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; QUERY PROCESSING; VOLCANOES;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; DATABASE; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; TECTONICS; VOLCANO;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84873443323     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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