Constraints on an intrusive system beneath the Soufríre Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from finite difference modeling of a controlled source seismic experiment

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Paulatto, M ^a   Minshull, T A ^a   Henstock, T J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIPSO; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED SOURCE; FIELD RECORDING; FINITE-DIFFERENCE MODELING; FORWARD MODELING; GEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITIES; HIGH VELOCITY; SCATTERING REGIONS; SEISMIC SIGNALS; STOCHASTIC PERTURBATIONS; VELOCITY FIELD; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

SCATTERING; SEISMIC WAVES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; VELOCITY; VOLCANOES;

SEISMOLOGY;

DIKE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC WAVE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; VISCOELASTICITY;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

THESEA;

EID: 76349095782     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041805     Document Type: Article

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