Seismic activity related to the 2000 eruption of the Hekla volcano, Iceland

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-36

  Soosalu, Heidi ^a,d   Einarsson, Páll ^b   Porbjarnardóttir, Bergbóra S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Hekla eruption 2000; Low frequency earthquakes; Volcanic tremor

Indexed keywords

SEISMICITY; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; HEKLA; ICELAND;

EID: 29444445621     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-005-0417-7     Document Type: Article

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