Volcanic activity before and after large tectonic earthquakes: Observations and statistical significance

Tectonophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 14-26

  Eggert, Silke ^a   Walter, Thomas R ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Correlation; Earthquake; Stress triggering; Volcano eruption

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITIES; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL SCALE; INDONESIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCES; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STRESS TRIGGERING; TECTONIC EARTHQUAKES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC SYSTEMS; VOLCANO ERUPTION;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

EARTHQUAKES;

CORRELATION; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; TECTONOPHYSICS; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 67349225674     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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