Fogo Volcano, Cape Verde Islands: Seismicity-derived constraints on the mechanism of the 1995 eruption

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 219-231

  Heleno Da Silva, S I N ^a   Day, S J ^b   Fonseca, J F B D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cape Verde Islands; Eruption; Fogo Volcano; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

SEISMICITY; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAPE VERDE;

EID: 0033620064     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00104-3     Document Type: Article

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