Precursory seismicity of the 1994 eruption of Popocatépetl Volcano, Central Mexico

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 753-767

  De la Cruz Reyna, Servando ^a   Yokoyama, Izumi ^b   Martínez Bringas, Alicia ^c   Ramos, Esteban ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Centro Nacional de Prevencion de Desastres   (Mexico)

^d Dirección General de Protección Civil del Estado de México   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accelerating seismic energy release; Eruption precursors; Popocat petl volcano; Reawakening of volcanic activity; Volcano tectonice arthquakes

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAVA DOME; MAGMA; PLINIAN ERUPTION; SEISMICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; POPOCATEPETL; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

PLINIA;

EID: 41149086645     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-008-0195-0     Document Type: Article

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