Discriminating volcano deformation due to magma movements and variable surface loads: Application to Katla subglacial volcano, Iceland

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 325-338

  Pinel, Virginie ^a,b   Sigmundsson, F ^c   Sturkell, E ^c   Geirsson, H ^d   Einarsson, P ^e   Gudmundsson, M T ^e   Hognadottir T ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; GPS; Green's function; Retreating ice cap; Seasonal effects on volcanoes

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; GPS; GREEN FUNCTION; ICE CAP; ICE RETREAT; VOLCANO; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; MYRDALSJOKULL;

EID: 34147093234     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03267.x     Document Type: Article

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