Volcanic inflation measured in the caldera of axial seamount: Implications for magma supply and future eruptions

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Nooner, Scott L ^a   Chadwick Jr , William W ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juan de Fuca ridge; Magma chamber dynamics; Marine geodesy; Poroelasticity; Submarine volcanism; Viscoelesticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149114541     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002315     Document Type: Article

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