Volcano geodesy and magma dynamics in Iceland

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 14-34

  Sturkell, Erik ^a   Einarsson, Páll ^b   Sigmundsson, Freysteinn ^c   Geirsson, Halldór ^a   Ólafsson, Halldór ^c   Pedersen, Rikke ^c   de Zeeuw van Dalfsen, Elske ^d   Linde, Alan T ^e   Sacks, Selwyn I ^e   Stefánsson, Ragnar ^a  

^a ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eruptions; Geodesy; Iceland; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; DYNAMICS; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETRY; SHRINKAGE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; ELECTRONIC DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS; GEODETIC MEASUREMENT; GEODETIC TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRIC ANALYSIS; MAGMA DYNAMICS; PLATE SPREADING; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; VOLCANO GEODESY;

VOLCANOES;

GEODESY; MAGMATISM; VOLCANO;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 31744437486     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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