Constraints on continued episodic inflation at Long Valley Caldera, based on seismic and geodetic observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Feng, Lujia ^a   Newman, Andrew V ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DOME; EPISODIC EVENT; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; MAGMATISM; PRESSURE FIELD; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SEISMIC QUIESCENCE; SEISMICITY; SILICIFICATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TRADE-OFF; UPLIFT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME CHANGE;

CALIFORNIA; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349417889     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006240     Document Type: Article

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