Deformation of Grímsvötn volcano, Iceland: 1998 eruption and subsequent inflation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Sturkell, Erik ^a   Einarsson, Páll ^b   Sigmundsson, Freysteinn ^c   Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún ^b   Geirsson, Halldór ^a  

^a ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

MAGMA; ACTIVE VOLCANOES; GPS MEASUREMENTS; HOT SPOT; ICE-CAPS; ICELANDICS; ICELANDS; MOGI MODEL; SOURCE DEPTHS;

VOLCANOES;

DEFORMATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; VOLCANO;

GRIMSVOTN; ICELAND; VATNAJOKULL;

EID: 0037828468     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016460     Document Type: Article

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