Mt. Etna Volcano: A Seismological Framework

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 143, Issue , 2004, Pages 147-165

  Patanè, Domenico ^a   Cocina, Ornella ^a   Falsaperla, Susanna ^a   Privitera, Eugenio ^a   Spampinato, Salvatore ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 85041709872     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/143GM10     Document Type: Chapter

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