The influence of great earthquakes on volcanic eruption rate along the Chilean subduction zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 399-407

  Watt, Sebastian F L ^a   Pyle, David M ^a   Mather, Tamsin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andean southern volcanic zone; Chile; eruption rates; great earthquake; seismic triggering; volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE; CHILE; ERUPTION RATES; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC TRIGGERING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

ANDEAN OROGENY; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58149293420     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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