Interaction of volcano-tectonic fault with magma storage, intrusion and flank instability: A thirty years study at Mt. Etna volcano

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 127-136

  Bonaccorso, A ^a   Currenti, G ^a   Del Negro, C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Etna; Stress field change; Volcano sources and stress; Volcano tectonic faults

Indexed keywords

3D NUMERICAL MODEL; DIKE INTRUSION; EARLY WARNING; ERUPTIVE EVENTS; ETNA; ETNA VOLCANOS; FLANK ERUPTIONS; FLANK INSTABILITY; GEODETIC DATA; INTERMEDIATE STORAGE; MAGMA STORAGE; MEDIUM HETEROGENEITY; MT. ETNA; PERNICANA FAULT SYSTEM; STRESS FIELD; STRESS REDISTRIBUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TIME INTERVAL; VOLCANIC UNREST; VOLCANO-TECTONIC FAULTS;

FAULTING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

EARTHQUAKES;

FAULT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84873455824     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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