Analysis of the unrest of active volcanoes using variations of the base level noise seismic spectrum

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 11-20

  Vila, Josep ^a,b   Macià, Ramon ^b,c   Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Ortiz, Ramon ^d   Moreno, Hugo ^e   Correig, Antoni M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS CATALANS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; MONITORING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SEISMIC SPECTRUM; TRANSITORY SIGNALS; VOLCANIC BACKGROUND ACTIVITY;

VOLCANOES;

MONITORING; SEISMIC NOISE; VOLCANO;

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

EID: 33646353404     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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