Ground deformation studies at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat I: electronic distance meter studies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3409-3412

  Jackson, Paul ^a   Shepherd, John B ^b   Robertson, Richard E A ^a   Skerritt, George ^c  

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

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Government of Montserrat ^*  (Montserrat)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORMATION; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; EXPLOSIONS; VOLCANOES; ELASTIC DEFORMATION;

ELECTRONIC DISTANCE MEASUREMENT (EDM); GROUND DEFORMATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

GEOPHYSICS; VOLCANOES;

DEFORMATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MONTSERRAT;

ELECTRONIC DISTANCE METERS; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; LONG-RANGE FORECASTING; MAGMA PRESSURE; NEAR-FIELD LOCATION; OSCILLATORY PATTERNS; SLANT DISTANCE; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

EID: 0032531366     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01656     Document Type: Article

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