Correlations between SO2 flux, seismicity, and outgassing activity at the open vent of Villarrica volcano, Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Palma, José Luis ^a,b   Calder, Eliza S ^c   Basualto, Daniel ^d   Blake, Stephen ^a   Rothery, David A ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; SEISMICITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR EMISSION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; VILLARRICA;

EID: 57649229015     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005577     Document Type: Article

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