Eruptive and earthquake activities related to the 2000 eruption of Mount Cameroon volcano (West Africa)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 206-216

  Ateba, B ^a   Dorbath, C ^b,d   Dorbath, L ^b,d   Ntepe, N ^a   Frogneux, M ^b   Aka, F T ^a   Hell, J V ^a   Delmond, J C ^c   Manguelle, D ^e  

^a Inst Rech Geologiques et Minieres   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

earthquake swarms; eruption; Mount Cameroon; seismicity; volcano

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FELT; LANDFORMS; LOCATION; MINERALS; MOUNTINGS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

ACTIVE VOLCANOS; B VALUES; BACKGROUND LEVELS; CENTRAL AFRICA; EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITIES; EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; ERUPTION; GULF OF GUINEAS; HYPOCENTER LOCATIONS; LAVA FLOWS; MAIN SHOCKS; MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITIES; MOUNT CAMEROON; SEISMIC ACTIVITIES; SEISMIC ENERGY RELEASES; SEISMIC EVENTS; SEISMIC STATIONS; SEISMIC SWARMS; SEISMICITY; SHORT PERIODS; TEMPORARY NETWORKS; TOTAL LENGTHS; VOLCANIC CONES; VOLCANIC TREMORS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FISSURE; LAVA FLOW; SEISMICITY; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMEROON; GULF OF GUINEA; MOUNT CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 58249107137     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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