Anisotropy, repeating earthquakes, and seismicity associated with the 2008 eruption of Okmok volcano, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Johnson, Jessica H ^a   Prejean, Stephanie ^b   Savage, Martha K ^a   Townend, John ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; EARTHQUAKE; MAGMATISM; NORMAL FAULT; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WAVE SPLITTING;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; FOX ISLANDS; OKMOK VOLCANO; UMNAK ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957668100     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006991     Document Type: Article

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