Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure derived from local earthquakes at the Katmai group of volcanoes, Alaska

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 326-342

  Jolly, A D ^a,c   Moran, S C ^b   McNutt, S R ^a   Stone, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

frequency magnitude distribution; inversion; Katmai eruption; seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC WAVES; VOLCANOES;

FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; KATMAI ERUPTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO; WAVE VELOCITY;

ALASKA; KATMAI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845708639     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.06.022     Document Type: Article

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