Shear stress along the conduit wall as a plausible source of tilt at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Green, David N ^a   Neuberg, J ^a   Cayol, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURIZATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR WALLS; VOLCANOES;

ACTIVE LAVA DOME; ISOTROPIC PRESSURISATION; SHEAR STRESS AMPLITUDE; TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOPHYSICS;

DEFORMATION; LAVA DOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHEAR STRESS; TILT;

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

EID: 33745810127     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025890     Document Type: Article

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