Tectonic earthquakes triggering volcanic seismicity and eruptions. Case studies at Tungurahua and Popocatépetl volcanoes

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 193, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 37-48

  De la Cruz Reyna, Servando ^a   Tárraga, Marta ^a   Ortiz, Ramón ^b   Martínez Bringas, Alicia ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Centro Nacional de Prevencion de Desastres   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eruption precursors; Material failure; Popocat petl volcano; Tungurahua volcano; Viscoelastic shell static stress transfer

Indexed keywords

ERUPTION PRECURSOR; MATERIAL FAILURE; MATERIAL FAILURES; STATIC STRESS; TUNGURAHUA VOLCANO;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MATERIALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SEISMOLOGY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

FAILURE MECHANISM; PRESSURE EFFECT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEISMICITY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VISCOELASTICITY; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ECUADOR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; POPOCATEPETL; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TUNGURAHUA; TUNGURAHUA VOLCANO;

EID: 77952675692     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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