High-resolution gravity survey: Investigation of subsurface structures at Poás volcano, Costa Rica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Fournier, Nicolas ^a   Rymer, Hazel ^b   Williams Jones, Glyn ^c   Brenes, Jorge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d OVSICORI ^*  (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DEGASSING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

MAGMA; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES;

VOLCANOES;

BOUGUER ANOMALY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGMA CHAMBER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ALAJUELA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; POAS VOLCANO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7044261015     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020563     Document Type: Article

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