Early detection of eruptive dykes revealed by normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) on Mt. Etna and Mt. Nyiragongo

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 231-240

  Houlie N ^a   Komorowski, J C ^b   de Michele, M ^b   Kasereka, M ^c   Ciraba, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Observatoire Volcanologique de Goma (OVG)   (Congo)

Author keywords

CO2 degassing; dyke wedge; Mt. Etna; Mt. Nyiragongo; NDVI

Indexed keywords

FLANK-FISSURE ERUPTIONS; MAGMA INTRUSION; MOUNT ETNA; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); NYIRAGONGO;

ALGORITHMS; DEGASSING; MAPPING; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

VOLCANOES;

ALGORITHM; DIKE; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE ZONE; NDVI; RIFT ZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AFRICA; CATANIA [SICILY]; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NYIRAGONGO; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33747131205     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.039     Document Type: Article

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