Swarms of similar long-period earthquakes in the mantle beneath Mauna Loa Volcano

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 787-794

  Okubo, Paul G ^a   Wolfe, Cecily J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

long period earthquakes; magma system; mantle; Mauna Loa

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FLUID DYNAMICS; SEISMIC WAVES;

DOUBLE DIFFERENCES; DYNAMIC CONDITIONS; DYNAMIC TRIGGERING; EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; FLUID FILLED; LONG-PERIOD EARTHQUAKES; MAGMA SYSTEM; MANTLE; MAUNA LOA; POINT SOURCES; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKES; SURFACE DEFORMATIONS; TEMPORAL ASSOCIATIONS; TRIGGER MECHANISMS; VERTICAL CRACKS; WAVEFORM CHARACTERISTICS; WAVEFORM CROSS CORRELATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; MANTLE SOURCE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

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

EID: 57049167529     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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