Tree-ring 14C links seismic swarm to CO2 spike at Yellowstone, USA

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1075-1078

  Evans, William C ^a   Bergfeld, Deborah ^a   McGeehin, John P ^b   King, John C ^c   Heasler, Henry ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Lone Pine Research   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C LINKS; GROWTH RINGS; MUD VOLCANOES; SEISMIC SWARM; SHALLOW SEISMICITY; TREE RINGS; TREE-CORE; WESTERN UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONES;

DEFORMATION; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CALDERA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; MUD VOLCANO; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEISMICITY; TREE RING; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE CALDERA;

EID: 78650093280     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31345.1     Document Type: Article

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