Volcanic plume height measured by seismic waves based on a mechanical model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Prejean, Stephanie G ^a   Brodsky, Emily E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PLUME; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANDREANOF ISLANDS; AUGUSTINE; AUGUSTINE ISLAND; KASATOCHI ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551617525     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007620     Document Type: Article

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