New insight on the increasing seismicity during Tenerife's 2004 volcanic reactivation

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 15-29

  Cerdeña, I Domínguez ^a   Del Fresno, C ^a   Rivera, L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake families; Reawakening of volcanic activity; Relative location algorithm; Tenerife; Volcano tectonic earthquakes

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE FAMILIES; RELATIVE LOCATION ALGORITHM; TENERIFE; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANO TECTONIC EARTHQUAKES;

ALGORITHMS; EARTHQUAKES; LIBRARIES;

VOLCANOES;

ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 79961170996     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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