Do flexural stresses explain the mantle fault zone beneath Kilauea volcano?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 419-430

  Pritchard, M E ^a   Rubin, A M ^b   Wolfe, C J ^c  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Flexure of the lithosphere; Magma flow; Mantle

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SHEAR STRESS; VOLCANO;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; MAUNA LOA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845975646     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03169.x     Document Type: Article

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