Precise hypocentre relocation of microearthquakes in a high-temperature geothermal field: The Torfajökull central volcano, Iceland

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 371-388

  Lippitsch, Regina ^a   White, Robert S ^a   Soosalu, Heidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Earthquake location; Iceland; Microearthquakes; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROTREMOR; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ICELAND; TORFAJOKULL; WORLD;

EID: 13344295052     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02467.x     Document Type: Article

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