The volcano-seismic crisis in Afar, Ethiopia, starting September 2005

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 177-187

  Ayele, Atalay ^a   Jacques, Eric ^b,c   Kassim, Mohammed ^b   Kidane, Tesfaye ^a   Omar, Ahmed ^b   Tait, Stephen ^c   Nercessian, Alexandre ^c   de Chabalier, Jean Bernard ^c   King, Geoffrey ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Geophysical Observatory of Arta   (Djibouti)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Afar; dyke injection; Ethiopia; lnSAR; volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

DYKE INJECTION; SILICIC RESERVOIR; THERMAL ANOMALY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BASALT; EARTHQUAKES; SILICA; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; VOLCANOES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

SEISMOLOGY;

DIKE; FISSURE; LAVA FLOW; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AFAR; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33847077206     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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