Variability in geyser eruptive timing and its causes: Yellowstone National Park

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Rojstaczer, Stuart ^a   Galloway, D L ^b   Ingebritsen, S E ^c   Rubin, D M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; STRAIN; TIDES;

ELASTIC DEFORMATION; EARTH TIDE; EXTERNAL INFLUENCES; FIELD DATA; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS; YELLOWSTONES;

GEYSERS;

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEYSER; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; PERIODICITY; TIMESCALE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0348172347     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017853     Document Type: Article

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