The 2010 ash emissions at the summit craters of Mt Etna: Relationship with seismo-acoustic signals

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-70

  Andronico, D ^a   Lo Castro, M D ^a   Sciotto, M ^b   Spina, L ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ash emissions; infrasound signals; Mt Etna; volcanic monitoring; volcanic tremor

Indexed keywords

CAP ROCK; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; INFRASONICS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84877101084     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009895     Document Type: Article

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