The low-frequency earthquake swarms at Mount Pinatubo, Philippines: Implications for magma dynamics

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 295-320

  Ramos, Emmanuel G ^a   Hamburger, M W ^b   Pavlis, G L ^b   Laguerta, E P ^a  

^a Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology   (Philippines)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake swarms; Magma dynamics; Mount Pinatubo

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; SEISMOLOGY;

MAGMATISM; SEISMICITY; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0033388551     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00091-8     Document Type: Article

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