GPS measurement of surface deformation around Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat from October 1995 to July 1996

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3417-3420

  Mattioli, Glen S ^a   Dixon, Timothy H ^b   Farina, Fredric ^b   Howell, Ellen S ^a   Jansma, Pamela E ^a   Smith, Alan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE DEFORMATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; AXIALLY SYMMETRIC; FORWARD MODELING; GPS MEASUREMENTS; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

DEFORMATION; EXPLOSIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VOLCANOES; DIGITAL STORAGE; LEVEES;

GEOPHYSICS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

DEFORMATION; GPS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MONTSERRAT;

EID: 0032531341     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00931     Document Type: Article

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