Strain changes for the 1987 Vatnafjöll earthquake in south Iceland and possible magmatic triggering

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B1, 1999, Pages 1151-1161

  Ágústsson, Kristján ^a   Linde, Alan T ^b   Stefánsson, Ragnar ^a   Sacks, Selwyn ^b  

^a ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; MAGMATISM; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

ICELAND; VATNAFJOLL;

EID: 0033540340     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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