Spatial variation of seismic b-values beneath Makushin Volcano, Unalaska Island, Alaska

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 408-415

  Bridges, David L ^a   Gao, Stephen S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Aleutian Arc; magma chamber; Makushin Volcano; seismic b value

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIAN ARC; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAKUSHIN VOLCANO; SEISMIC B-VALUES; SPATIAL VARIATION;

DATA PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKES; INTERFEROMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLCANOES;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; MAGMA CHAMBER; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPLIFT; VOLCANO;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNALASKA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646040676     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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