Seismic expression of magma-induced crustal strains and localized fluid pressures during initial eruptive stages, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Miller, V ^a   Voight, B ^a   Ammon, C J ^a   Shalev, E ^b   Thompson, G ^c,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (Montserrat)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CALIPSO; FLUID PRESSURES; LOCAL POLARITY; LOCALIZED FAULT; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; REGIONAL TECTONICS; ROCK MASS; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SMALL SCALE; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANO TECTONIC EARTHQUAKES;

VOLCANOES;

FLUID PRESSURE; MAGMA; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; STIFFNESS; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 77954673199     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043997     Document Type: Article

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