Five years of continuous gravity observations in the Neapolitan volcanic area

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-21

  Albano, A ^a   Corrado, Gennaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gravity; Tide; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885594836     PISSN: 00066729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4430/bgta0065     Document Type: Article

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