Seismo-tectonic behavior of the Pernicana Fault System (Mt Etna): A gauge for volcano flank instability?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4398-4409

  Ruch, J ^a   Pepe, S ^b   Casu, F ^b   Solaro, G ^b   Pepe, A ^b   Acocella, V ^a   Neri, M ^c   Sansosti, E ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Etna; flank instability; fracturing; InSAR; Pernicana Fault; volcano

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIKE SWARM; DISPLACEMENT; ENVISAT-1; ERS-1; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INTERFEROMETRY; RIFT ZONE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRAIN RATE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLCANO; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84885118019     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50281     Document Type: Article

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