Soufrière Hills eruption, Montserrat, 1995 - 1997: Volcanic earthquake locations and fault plane solutions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3397-3400

  Aspinall, W P ^a   Miller, A D ^b,e   Lynch, L L ^c   Latchman, J L ^c   Stewart, R C ^b,f   White, R A ^d,g   Power, J A ^d,h  

^a ASPINALL AND ASSOCIATES   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Geowalks   (United Kingdom)

^f AWE   (United Kingdom)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h Alaska Volcano Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLCANO;

EARTHQUAKES; EXPLOSIONS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY;

VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

SEISMOLOGY; EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; SEISMICITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MONTSERRAT;

COMPOSITE FAULT; EFFUSION RATES; EXTENSIONAL STRESS; FAULT PLANE SOLUTIONS; NORMAL FAULTS; SHEAR FAILURE; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKES; VOLCANO TECTONIC EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0032531325     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00858     Document Type: Article

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