Uplift, thermal unrest and magma intrusion at Yellowstone caldera

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7080, 2006, Pages 72-75

  Wicks, Charles W ^a   Thatcher, Wayne ^a   Dzurisin, Daniel ^b   Svarc, Jerry ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR; SATELLITES;

CATACLYSMIC ERUPTIONS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY;

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; UPLIFT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; INTERFEROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELECOMMUNICATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANO;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE CALDERA;

EID: 33644773463     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04507     Document Type: Article

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