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Murru, M., Montuori, C., Wyss, M. and Privitera, E. (1999). The locations of magma chambers at Mt. Etna, Italy, mapped by b-values. Geophysical Research Letters 26: doi: 10.1029/1999GL900568. issn: 0094-8276. |
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We mapped b-values in three dimensions in a cube of the crust with approximately 20 km dimensions under Mt. Etna. The earthquake catalog used contains 450 events with M≥2.5 for 1990--1997.9. Comparison of b-values derived from samples of N=50 events, extracted from volumes with radii ranging from 2.5 to 6 km, showed statistically highly significant differences between b=1.5¿0.3 in most of the crust and b=3.0¿0.5 in two volumes with r≤5 km, one located 2 km E of the summit of Etna and at 10¿3 km depth and the other one WSW of Etna at a depth of about 3¿2 km below sea level. We interpret these high b-value anomalies as an expression of two active magma chambers at those locations. ¿ 1999 American Geophysical Union |
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Volcanology, Eruption monitoring |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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