Insights into Mt. Etna’s Shallow Plumbing System from the Analysis of Infrasound Signals, August 2007–December 2009

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 473-490

  Spina, L ^a,b   Cannata, A ^c   Privitera, E ^c   Vergniolle, S ^d   Ferlito, C ^a   Gresta, S ^a,c   Montalto, P ^c   Sciotto, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

explosive activity; Infrasound; Mt. Etna; Shallow plumbing system; source modelling

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; INFRASOUND; INFRASOUND SIGNALS; LOCATION TECHNIQUES; MT. ETNA; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

PLUMBING;

CRATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FISSURE; MAGMA; MODELING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84921983608     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-0884-x     Document Type: Article

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