Magmatic inflation at a dormant stratovolcano: 1996-1998 activity at Mount Peulik volcano, Alaska, revealed by satellite radar interferometry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Lu, Zhong ^a   Wicks Jr, Charles ^b   Dzurisin, Daniel ^c   Power, John A ^d   Moran, Seth C ^d   Thatcher, Wayne ^b  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Alaska Volcano Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake swarm; Interferometry; Peulik; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Volcano deformation; Volcano monitoring

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SWARM; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGMATISM; MONITORING; STRATOVOLCANO; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALASKA; MOUNT PEULIK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037055369     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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