Magma system recharge of Mount St. Helens from precise relative hypocenter location of microearthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Musumeci, Carla ^a   Gresta, Stefano ^a   Malone, Stephen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

High precision; Hypocenter; Magma; Microearthquakes; Mount St. Helens

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; MAGMATISM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

MOUNT SAINT HELENS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0037058180     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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