Unprecedented pressure increase in deep magma reservoir triggered by lava-dome collapse

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Voight, B ^a   Linde, A T ^b   Sacks, I S ^b   Mattioli, G S ^c   Sparks, R S J ^d   Elsworth, D ^a   Hidayat, D ^a   Malin, P E ^e   Shalev, E ^e   Widiwijayanti, C ^a   Young, S R ^a   Bass, V ^f   Clarke, A ^g   Dunkley, P ^f   Johnston, W ^c   McWhorter, N ^b   Neuberg, J ^h   Williams, P ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (Montserrat)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PETROLOGY; POISSON RATIO; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

DEEP MAGMA RESERVOIR; EDIFICE DEFORMATION; LAVA-DOME COLLAPSE; VOLCANO LAVA DOME;

SEISMOLOGY;

LAVA DOME; MAGMA CHAMBER; OVERPRESSURE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 33645808707     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024870     Document Type: Article

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