Remarkable cyclic ground deformation monitored in real-time on Montserrat, and its use in eruption forecasting

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3405-3408

  Voight, B ^a   Hoblitt, R P ^b   Clarke, A B ^a   Lockhart, A B ^b   Miller, A D ^c   Lynch, L ^d   McMahon, J ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (Montserrat)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; EXPLOSIONS; TELEMETERING; VOLCANOES; GEOPHYSICS;

MAGMA PRESSURIZATION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TILTMETERS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

GEOPHYSICS; EARTH SCIENCES;

DEFORMATION; GROUND MOTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MONTSERRAT;

GENERAL PUBLICS; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MONTSERRAT; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; SHALLOW DEPTHS; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

EID: 0032531344     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01160     Document Type: Article

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