An extraordinary episode of Yellowstone caldera uplift, 2004-2010, from GPS and InSAR observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Chang, Wu Lung ^a   Smith, Robert B ^b   Farrell, Jamie ^b   Puskas, Christine M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES;

CRYSTALLIZING MAGMA; DISLOCATION MODELING; EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; SEISMIC-MOMENT RELEASE; UPLIFT RATE; VOLUMETRIC EXPANSION; YELLOWSTONES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CALDERA; DEFORMATION; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; MAGMA; SILL; UPLIFT;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE CALDERA;

EID: 78649896466     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045451     Document Type: Article

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