%0 Journal Article %1 patane_etal:2006 %A Patanè, D. %A Barberi, G. %A Cocina, O. %A De Gori, P. %A Chiarabba, C. %D 2006 %J Science %K geophysics seismology %N 5788 %P 821--823 %R 10.1126/science.1127724 %T Time-resolved seismic tomography detects magma intrusions at Mount Etna %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1127724 %V 313 %X The continuous volcanic and seismic activity at Mount Etna makes this volcano an important laboratory for seismological and geophysical studies. We used repeated three-dimensional tomography to detect variations in elastic parameters during different volcanic cycles, before and during the October 2002 - January 2003 flank eruption. Well-defined anomalous low P- to S-wave velocity ratio volumes were revealed. Absent during the pre-eruptive period, the anomalies trace the intrusion of volatile-rich (4 weight percent) basaltic magma, most of which rose up only a few months before the onset of eruption. The observed time changes of velocity anomalies suggest that four-dimensional tomography provides a basis for more efficient volcano monitoring and short- and midterm eruption forecasting of explosive activity. 10.1126/science.1127724

@article{patane_etal:2006, abstract = {The continuous volcanic and seismic activity at Mount Etna makes this volcano an important laboratory for seismological and geophysical studies. We used repeated three-dimensional tomography to detect variations in elastic parameters during different volcanic cycles, before and during the October 2002 - January 2003 flank eruption. Well-defined anomalous low P- to S-wave velocity ratio volumes were revealed. Absent during the pre-eruptive period, the anomalies trace the intrusion of volatile-rich (4 weight percent) basaltic magma, most of which rose up only a few months before the onset of eruption. The observed time changes of velocity anomalies suggest that four-dimensional tomography provides a basis for more efficient volcano monitoring and short- and midterm eruption forecasting of explosive activity. 10.1126/science.1127724}, added-at = {2012-09-01T13:08:21.000+0200}, author = {Patan\`{e}, D. and Barberi, G. and Cocina, O. and De Gori, P. and Chiarabba, C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ffe56c006fe2fa88d1c11d7564924fd2/nilsma}, day = 11, doi = {10.1126/science.1127724}, interhash = {934aad3bd507f1f2682d1489996785a3}, intrahash = {ffe56c006fe2fa88d1c11d7564924fd2}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {geophysics seismology}, month = aug, number = 5788, pages = {821--823}, pmid = {16902133}, timestamp = {2021-02-09T13:26:58.000+0100}, title = {Time-resolved seismic tomography detects magma intrusions at Mount Etna}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1127724}, volume = 313, year = 2006 }