Precise relocation of earthquakes following the 15 June 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo (Philippines)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Battaglia, Jean ^a   Thurber, Clifford H ^a   Got, Jean Luc ^b   Rowe, Charlotte A ^a,c   White, Randall A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Relocation technique; Tectonic seismicity; Volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; RELOCATION; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

ASIA; CENTRAL LUZON; EURASIA; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ZAMBALES;

EID: 4644284681     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002959     Document Type: Article

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