Glacial long period seismic events at Katla volcano, Iceland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Jónsdóttir, Kristín ^a   Roberts, Roland ^a   Pohjola, Veijo ^a   Lund, Björn ^a   Shomali, Zaher Hossein ^a   Tryggvason, Ari ^a   Bövarsson, Reynir ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS PROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; ERUPTION PRECURSOR; ICELANDS; JOINT ANALYSIS; LONG PERIOD SEISMIC EVENT; MASSIVE ICES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEISMIC DATAS; SOURCE EFFECTS; VOLCANIC REGION;

EARTHQUAKES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS;

VOLCANOES;

GLACIER; ICE STREAM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEISMICITY; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANO;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; KATLA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 68949142722     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038234     Document Type: Article

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