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Cumulative (a) vertical and (b) east–west deformation maps retrieved by applying
the SBAS-InSAR technique to an ERS-Envisat Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) dataset relevant to the
1992-2006 time interval, with superimposed main fault systems (black lines) and the anticline
structure (A) at the base of Mt. Etna; the results are spatially referenced to the highlighted pixel located in
the town of Catania (black box in the lower right corner of Figure (a)).
Credits: Neri, M., F. Casu, V. Acocella, G. Solaro, S. Pepe, P. Berardino, E.
Sansosti, T. Caltabiano, P. Lundgren, and R. Lanari (2009), Deformation and eruptions at Mt. Etna
(Italy): A lesson from 15 years of observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L02309,
doi:10.1029/2008GL036151, Published: 28 January 2009.