Structural controls on the 1998 volcanic unrest at Iwate volcano: Relationship between a shallow, electrically resistive body and the possible ascent route of magmatic fluid

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 131-139

  Aizawa, Koki ^a,e,f   Ogawa, Yasuo ^a   Mishina, Masaaki ^b   Takahashi, Kosuke ^b,c   Nagaoka, Shintaro ^a   Takagi, Nobumasa ^b   Sakanaka, Shin'ya ^d   Miura, Takuya ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

hydrothermal alteration; Iwate volcano; magnetotellurics; resistivity structure; smectite

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IWATE VOLCANO; MAGNETOTELLURICS; RESISTIVITY STRUCTURE; SMECTITE;

CLAY MINERALS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEODESY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; VOLCANO;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IWATE; IWATE VOLCANO; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 70349783547     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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