Study of volcanic sources at Long Valley Caldera, California, using gravity data and a genetic algorithm inversion technique

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1399-1413

  Charco, M ^a   Fernandez J ^a   Tiampo, K ^b   Battaglia, M ^c   Kellogg, L ^d   McClain, J ^d   Rundle, J B ^d,e  

^a CSIC UCM Instituto de Astronomia y Geodesia IAG   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness function; Genetic algorithm; Gravity change; Long Valley Caldera

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHM; GRAVITY ANOMALY; INFLATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; VOLCANO;

CALIFORNIA; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142700211     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2511-8     Document Type: Article

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