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Lacroix A (1909) L'éruption de l'Etna en avril-mai 1908. Revue Générale des Sciences pures et appliquées 20: 298-314.

La Delfa S, Patanè G, Clocchiatti R, Joron J-L and Tanguy J-C (2001) Activity of Mount Etna preceding the February 1999 fissure eruption: inferred mechanism from seismological and geochemical data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 105: 121-139.

La Delfa S, Innocente V, Patanè G and Tanguy J-C (2003) Correlation between local stress field and summit eruption of Mount Etna: The 27 March 1998 event. Geologica Carpathica 54: 251-260

Lanari R, Lundgren P and Sansosti E (1998) Dynamic deformation of Etna volcano observed by satellite radar interferometry. Geophysical Research Letters 25: 1541-1544.

Lanzafame G and Bousquet JC (1997) The Maltese escarpment and its extension from Mt. Etna to the Aeolian Islands (Sicily): importance and evolution of a lithosphere discontinuity. Acta Vulcanologica 9: 113-120.

Lanzafame G, Leonardi A, Neri M and Rust D (1997) Late overthrust of the Apennine-Maghrebian Chain at the NE periphery of Mount Etna, Italy. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris IIa, 324: 325-332.

Lanzafame G, Neri M, Coltelli M, Lodato L and Rust D (1997) North-south compression in the Mt. Etna region (Sicily): spatial and temporal distribution. Acta Vulcanologica 9: 121-133.

Lanzafame G, Neri M, Acocella V, Billi A, Funiciello R and Giordano G (2003) Structural features of the July-August 2001 Mount Etna eruption: evidence for a complex magmatic system. Journal of the Geological Society of London 160: 531-544, DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-151.

Latora V, Vinciguerra S, Bicciato S and Kamimura RT (1999) Identifying seismicity patterns leading flank eruptions at Mt. Etna Volcano during 1981-1996. Geophysical Research Letters 26: 2105-2108.

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Lo Giudice A (1970) Caratteri petrografici e petrochimici delle lave del Complesso di Vavalaci (Etna). Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Minieralogia e Petrologia 26: 687-731.

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Lombardo G, Barbano MS and Costanzo S (2000) Anomalies of seismic wave propagation at Mt. Etna Volcano, Italy. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 101: 171–182.

Lundgren P, Berardino P, Coltelli M, Fornaro G, Lanari R, Puglisi G, Sansosti E, Tesauro M (2003) Coupled magma chamber inflation and sector collapse slip observed with synthetic aperture radar interferometry on Mt. Etna volcano. Journal of Geophysical Research 108, DOI: 10.1029/2001JB000657

Lundgren P, Rosen PA (2003) Source model for the 2001 flank eruption of Mt. Etna volcano. Geophysical Research Letters 30, DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016774

Mackey M and Scott SC (1980) Eruption of Mt Etna in August 1978. In: Huntingdon AT, Guest JE and Francis EH (eds) United Kingdom Research on Mount Etna 1977-1979. The Royal Society London: 43-44.

Maier W (1929) Beitrag zur Morphologie des Ätna. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie ser. 1, 4: 241-254.

Maier W (1931) Beitrag zur Morphologie des Ätna (Pt. 2). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 83: 215-223.

Maier W (1936) Zur Morphologie des Ätna (Pt. 3). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 88: 326-338.

Massonnet D, Briole P and Arnaud A (1995) Deflation of Mount Etna monitored by spaceborne radar interferometry. Nature 375: 567-570.

Mastrolorenzo G and Zanon V (2001) The July-August 2001 Mt. Etna eruption: evidence of an unusually explosive lateral activity (abstract). In: Abstracts volume, Assemblea 1° Anno, Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Roma 9-11 October 2001): 245-246.

Mattia M (2001) Kinematic post-processing of GPS data from permanent network on Etna: the first days of the 2001 eruption (12-17 July) (abstract). In: Abstracts volume, Assemblea 1° Anno, Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Roma 9-11 October 2001): 248.

Mattia M, Bonaccorso A, D'Amico S and Patanè D (2001) Intrusive mechanisms evidence occurred during January-April 2001 at Mt. Etna and preceding the July 2001 eruption (abstract). AGU 2001 Fall Meeting, EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 82 (47) Supplement: F1328.

Mazzarini F and Armienti P (2001) Flank cones at Mount Etna volcano: Do they have a power-law distribution? Bulletin of Volcanology 62: 420-430.

McGetchin TR, Settle M and Chouet BA (1974) Cinder cone growth modelled after Northeast crater, Mt. Etna, Sicily. Journal of Geophysical Research 79: 3257-3272.

McGuire WJ (1982) Evolution of the Etna volcano: information from the southern wall of the Valle del Bove caldera. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 13: 241-271.

McGuire WJ (1983) Prehistoric dyke trends on Mount Etna; implications for magma transport and storage. Bulletin Volcanologique 46: 9-22.

McGuire WJ and Pullen AD (1989) Location and orientation of eruptive fissures and feeder-dykes at Mount Etna: influence of gravitational and regional stress regimes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 38: 325-244.

McGuire WJ, Murray JB, Pullen AD and Saunders SJ (1991) Ground deformation monitoring at Mt Etna; evidence for dyke emplacement and slope instability. Journal of the Geological Society London 148: 577-583.

McGuire WJ, Pullen AD and Saunders SJ (1990) Recent dyke-induced large-scale block movement at Mount Etna and potential slope failure. Nature 343: 357-359.

McGuire WJ, Moss JL, Saunders SJ and Stewart IS (1996) Dyke-induced rifting and edifice instability at Mount Etna. In: Gravestock PJ and McGuire WJ (Eds) Etna: Fifteen Years on. Cheltenham: 20–24.

McGuire WJ, Stewart IS and Saunders SJ (1997) Intra-volcanic rifting at Mount Etna in the context of regional tectonics. Acta Vulcanologica 9: 147-156.

Metrich N and Clocchiatti R (1989) Melt inclusion investigation of the volatile behavior in historic alkali basaltic magmas of Etna. Bulletin of Volcanology 51: 185-198.

Metrich N and Rutherford MJ (1998) Low pressure crystallization paths of H2O-saturated basaltic-hawaiitic melts from Mt Etna: Implications for open-system degassing of basaltic volcanoes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62: 1195–1205.

Metrich N, Clocchiatti R, Mosbah M and Chaussidon M (1993) The 1989-1990 activty of Etna: Magma mingling and ascent of H2O-Cl-S-rich magma. Evidence from melt inclusions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 59: 131-144.

Michaud VM (1995) Crustal xenoliths in recent hawaiites from Mount Etna, Italy: evidence for alkali exchanges during magma-wall rock interaction. Chemical Geology 122: 21-42.

Michaud VM and Clocchiatti R (1994) Pyroxene features in crustal xenoliths from Etna: primary nature and elemental exchanges with magma. Acta Vulcanologica 5: 105-115.

Monaco C (1997) Tettonica pleistocenica nell'area a sud dell'Etna (Sicilia orientale). Il Quaternario (Italian Journal of Quaternary Sciences) 10: 385-400.

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Monaco C and Ventura G (1995) Magmatic and structural features of the "Valverde Center" (Mt. Etna, Sicily). Studi Geologici Camerti 13: 89-101.

Monaco C, Catalano S, De Guidi G, Gresta S, Langer H and Tortorici L (2000) The geological map of the urban area of Catania (Eastern Sicily): morphotectonic and seismotectonic implications. Memorie della Società Geologica Italiana 55: 425-438.

Monaco C, Tapponnier P, Tortorici L and Gillot PY (1997) Late Quaternary slip rates on the Acireale-Piedimonte normal faults and tectonic origin of Mt. Etna (Sicily). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 147: 125-139.

Montalto A, Vinciguerra S, Menza S and Patanè G (1996) Recent seismicity of Mount Etna: implications for flank instability. In: McGuire WJ, Jones AP and Neuberg J (eds) Volcano instability on the Earth and other planets. Geological Society (London) Special Publications 110: 169-177.

Moore JG, Cristofolini R and Lo Giudice A (1971) Development of pillows on the submarine extension of recent lava flows, Mount Etna, Sicily. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 750-C: C89-C97.

Murray JB (1977) Changes at the summit of Mount Etna 1973-1975. In: Huntingdon AT, Walker GPL and Argent CR (eds) United Kingdom Research on Mount Etna 1975-1976. The Royal Society London: 9-12.

Murray JB (1980a) Map of the summit area of Mt Etna in September 1978. In: Huntingdon AT, Guest JE and Francis EH (eds) United Kingdom Research on Mount Etna 1977-1979. The Royal Society London: 33-36.

Murray JB (1980b) Changes in the North-east Crater region 1976-1978. In: Huntingdon AT, Guest JE and Francis EH (eds) United Kingdom Research on Mount Etna 1977-1979. The Royal Society London: 37-42.

Murray JB (1980c) The Bocca Nuova: Its history and possible causes of the September 1979 explosion. In: Huntingdon AT, Guest JE and Francis EH (eds) United Kingdom Research on Mount Etna 1977-1979. The Royal Society London: 46-50.

Murray JB (1988) The influence of loading by lavas on the siting of volcanic eruption vents on Mt Etna. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 35: 121-139.

Murray JB (1990) High-level magma transport at Mount Etna volcano, as deduced from ground deformation measurements. In: Ryan MP (ed) Magma transport and storage. Wiley Chichester: 357-383.

Murray JB (2003) Seismicity and time-lagged lava output at Mount Etna: A new method of long-term forecasting at a destructive volcano. Geology 31: 443-446.

Murray JB and Guest JE (1982) Vertical ground deformation on Mount Etna; 1975-1981. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 93: 1160-1175.

Murray JB and Pullen AD (1984) Three-dimensional model of the feeder conduit of the 1983 eruption of Mount Etna volcano, from ground deformation measurements. Bulletin Volcanologique 47: 1145-1163.

Murray JB and Stevens NF (2000) New formulae for estimating lava flow volumes at Mt. Etna Volcano, Sicily. Bulletin of Volcanology 61: 515-526.

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: 2553-2556.

Neri M (2002) The influence of the Pleistocene glaciers in the morpho-structural evolution of the Etna volcano (Sicily, Italy). Terra Glacialis 5: 9-32.

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Neri M, Garduño VH, Pasquarè G and Rasà R (1991) Studio strutturale e modello cinematico della Valle del Bove e del settore nord-orientale etneo. Acta Vulcanologica 1: 17-24.

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Neri M and Villari L (1995) Il periocolo di invasione lavica nella fascia pedemontana antropizzata dell'areale etneo. Geologia Applicata e Idrogeologia 30: 593-613.

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Palumbo A (1998) Long-term forecasting of the extreme eruptions of Etna. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 83: 167-171.

Parello F, D'Alessandro W, Aiuppa A and Federico C (2001) Cartografia geochimica degli acquiferi etnei. Gruppo Nazionale per la Difesa dalle Catastrofi Idrogeologiche, Pubbl. No. 2190: 1-102.

Patanè D, Del Pezzo E, Gresta S, Ibanez J, Saccarotti G, Di Prima S, Ferrari F, Galluzzo D, La Rocca M, Pellegrino A, Scarfi L and Torrisi O (2001) Polarization of tremor wave-field before and during the July-August 2001 Mt. Etna eruption (abstract). In: Abstracts volume, Assemblea 1° Anno, Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Roma 9-11 October 2001): 238.

Patanè D, De Gori P, Chiarabba C and Bonaccorso A (2003) Magma ascent and the pressurization of Mount Etna’s volcanic system. Science 299: 2061-2063, DOI: 10.1126/science.1080653

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Ponte G (1948) L'eruzione laterale dell'Etna del 30 giugno 1942 ed i susseguenti fenomeni esplosivi al cratere centrale. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania ser III, 21: 8-13.

Privitera E, Alparone S, D'Amico S, Gambino S, Maiolino V, Spampinao S and Zuccarello L (2001) Seismic evidence of magma intrusion at intermediate depth before the July-August 2001 Mt. Etna (Italy) eruption (abstract). In: Abstracts volume, Assemblea 1° Anno, Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Roma 9-11 October 2001): 215. The same abstract appeared in: AGU 2001 Fall Meeting, EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 82 (47) Supplement: F1328.

Privitera E, Sgroi T and Gresta S (2003) Statistical analysis of intermittent volcanic tremor associated with the September 1989 summit explosive eruptions at Mount Etna, Sicily. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 120: 235-247

Puglisi G, Bonforte A and Maugeri SR (2001) Ground deformation patterns on Mount Etna, 1992 to 1994, inferred from GPS data. Bulletin of Volcanology 62: 371-384.

Pugnaghi S, Teggi S, Corradini S, Buongiorno MF, Merucci L and Bogliolo MP (2002) Estimation of SO2 abundance in the eruption plume of Mt. Etna using two MIVIS thermal infrared channels: a case study from the Sicily-1997 Campaign. Bulletin of Volcanology 64: 328–337, DOI: 10.1007/s00445-002-0211-8.

Puglisi G, Bonforte A, D'Agostino M, Guglielmino F, Mostaccio A, Nunnari S, Palano M, Scaltrito A, Galvani A and Pesci A (2001) Studies on a local ground deformation episode measuresd by GPS, during the eruption, in the upper southern flank of Mt. Etna (abstract). In: Abstracts volume, Assemblea 1° Anno, Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Roma 9-11 October 2001): 236.


 

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