Spatial variations in the frequency-magnitude distribution of earthquakes at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3653-3656

  Power, John A ^a,b,c   Wyss, Max ^a,b   Latchman, Joan L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION;

EARTHQUAKES; PORE PRESSURE; SILICA; VOLCANOES;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOLCANISM;

MONTSERRAT;

EID: 0032193681     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00430     Document Type: Article

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