Seismic hybrid swarm precursory to a major lava dome collapse: 9-12 July 2003, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 903-910

  Ottemoller L ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dome collapse; hybrid swarm; Montserrat; waveform correlation

Indexed keywords

DOMES; LANDFORMS; LOCATION; VOLCANOES;

ARRIVAL TIMES; DOME COLLAPSE; DOME COLLAPSES; ENERGY RELEASES; EXTRUSION RATES; HYBRID SWARM; LAVA DOMES; MONTSERRAT; RELATIVE LOCATIONS; SEISMIC RECORDS; SOURCE VOLUMES; WAVEFORM CORRELATION; WAVEFORM SIMILARITIES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; LAVA DOME; SEISMICITY; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 55749103698     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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