Loading of a seismic zone to failure deforms nearby volcanoes: A new earthquake precursor

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-193

  Gudmundsson, Agust ^a   Brenner, Sonja L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; MONITORING; VOLCANO;

ICELAND;

EID: 0037931468     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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