Stress interaction between magma accumulation and trapdoor faulting on Sierra Negra volcano, Galápagos

Tectonophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 36-44

  Jónsson, Sigurjón ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Gal pagos volcanoes; InSAR; Satellite geodesy; Stress interaction

Indexed keywords

COULOMB FAILURE STRESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MODELING; ELASTIC DISLOCATION MODELS; FAULT SYSTEMS; GEODETIC OBSERVATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL PROCESS; INSAR; INSAR DATUM; MODELING RESULTS; SATELLITE GEODESY; STATE OF STRESS; STRESS CHANGES; STRESS INTERACTION; THRUST FAULTS; TIME PERIODS; TRAPDOOR FAULTING; VOLCANIC DEFORMATIONS;

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SURVEYING; VOLCANOES;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; GEODESY; GPS; MAGMA; MODELING; STRESS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THRUST FAULT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; ISABELA [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SIERRA NEGRA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349268143     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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