Imprints of sub-glacial volcanic activity on a glacier surface - SAR study of Katla volcano, Iceland

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-506

  Scharrer, K ^a   Spieler, O ^a   Mayer, Ch ^b   Munzer U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caldera formation; Ice volcano interactions; Iceland; Katla; M rdalsj kull; SAR remote sensing; Sub glacial drainage system

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CALDERA; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIER; HEAT SOURCE; ICE COVER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; MYRDALSJOKULL; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 39049169522     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0164-z     Document Type: Article

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