Seismic swarm associated with the 2008 eruption of Kasatochi Volcano, Alaska: Earthquake locations and source parameters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ruppert, Natalia A ^a   Prejean, Stephanie ^b   Hansen, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FAULTING; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 79551634938     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007435     Document Type: Article

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