Explosion dynamics from strainmeter and microbarometer observations, Soufréire Hills Volcano, Montserrat: 2008-2009

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Chardot, L ^a,b   Voight, B ^c   Foroozan, R ^c   Sacks, S ^d   Linde, A ^d   Stewart, R ^a   Hidayat, D ^c,e   Clarke, A ^f   Elsworth, D ^c   Fournier, N ^a   Komorowski, J C ^a,g   Mattioli, G ^h   Sparks, R S J ^i,j   Widiwijayanti, C ^e  

^a MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (Montserrat)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^j GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIONS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LEVEES; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; VOLCANOES;

ACOUSTIC PULSE; ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; EXSOLUTION; MICROBAROMETER; NANOSTRAIN; OVERPRESSURE; QUASI-LINEAR; STRAIN-METER; VULCANIAN EXPLOSIONS;

EXPLOSIVES;

BAROMETRY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EXPLOSION; GRAVITY WAVE; LINEARITY; MAGMATISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; PRESSURE EFFECT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 77957556513     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044661     Document Type: Article

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