Influence of surface load variations on eruption likelihood: Application to two Icelandic subglacial volcanoes, Grímsvötn and Katla

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1510-1524

  Albino, F ^a   Pinel, V ^a   Sigmundsson, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Magma chamber processes; Mechanics, theory, and modelling; Numerical solutions; Volcano climate interactions

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; ICE CAP; JOKULHLAUP; MAGMA CHAMBER; NUMERICAL METHOD; OUTBURST; SEISMICITY; SNOW COVER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

GRIMSVOTN; ICELAND; KATLA;

EID: 77954038563     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04603.x     Document Type: Article

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