Mechanical interaction between active volcanoes in Iceland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Gudmundsson, Agust ^a   Andrew, Ruth E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL INTERACTION; SEISMOGENIC DEFORMATION; SEISMOGENIC FAULTING;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; VOLCANOES;

SEISMOLOGY;

CALDERA; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; FAULTING; MAGMA CHAMBER; RIFT ZONE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; VOLCANO; VOLCANOLOGY;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 34447536133     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029873     Document Type: Article

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