Rabaul volcano, Papua New Guinea: Seismic tomographic imaging of an active caldera

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 153-171

  Finlayson, D M ^a   Gudmundsson, O ^b   Itikarai, I ^c   Nishimura, Y ^d   Shimamura, H ^d  

^a Danish Lithosphere Centre ^*  (Australia)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c Rabaul Volcanological Observatory   (Papua New Guinea)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Rabaul volcano; Seismic tomography; Shallow magma source

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

LITHOSPHERIC PLATES;

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGING METHOD; MAGMA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RABAUL VOLCANO;

EID: 0038473936     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(02)00472-9     Document Type: Article

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