Controlling factors on earthquake swarms associated with magmatic intrusions; Constraints from Iceland

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 73-80

  Pedersen, Rikke ^a   Sigmundsson, Freysteinn ^a   Einarsson, Páll ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

intrusion; magma; seismic swarms; stressing rate; tectonics; volcano

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; YIELD STRESS;

EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; MAGMATIC INTRUSIONS; SEISMIC ENERGY RELEASE;

VOLCANOES;

EARTHQUAKE SWARM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; SEISMICITY; STRESS RESISTANCE; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANO;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 34047134439     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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