Vertical deformation measurements on the submerged south flank of Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i reveal seafloor motion associated with volcanic collapse

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Phillips, Kathleen A ^a   Chadwell, C David ^a   Hildebrand, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; FAULT PLANE; GROUND MOTION; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; RIFT ZONE; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; UPLIFT;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; MAUNA LOA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249127699     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005124     Document Type: Article

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