The unusual 28 December 2014 dike-fed paroxysm at Mount Etna: Timing and mechanism from a multidisciplinary perspective

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 2037-2053

  Gambino, Salvatore ^a   Cannata, Andrea ^a,b   Cannavò, Flavio ^a   La Spina, Alessandro ^a   Palano, Mimmo ^a   Sciotto, Mariangela ^a   Spampinato, Letizia ^a   Barberi, Graziella ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dike modeling; eruptive fissure; lava fountain; Mount Etna; multiparametric approach

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FISSURE; LAVA FLOW; MODELING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; STROMBOLI;

EID: 84959533137     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012379     Document Type: Article

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