Probabilistic modeling of future volcanic eruptions at Mount Etna

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1925-1935

  Cappello, Annalisa ^a   Bilotta, Giuseppe ^a,b   Neri, Marco ^a   Negro, Ciro Del ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

flank and summit eruptions; spatiotemporal distributions; statistical analysis; vent opening map

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CRATER; FORECASTING METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MODELING; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84880732607     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50190     Document Type: Article

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