Seismic evidence for fluid migration accompanying subsidence of the Yellowstone caldera

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Waite, Gregory P ^a   Smith, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal stresses; Fluid migration; Hydrothermal systems; Seismicity and seismotectonics; Volcano seismology

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MAGMATISM; SEISMOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; VOLCANISM;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE;

EID: 0037058552     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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