Deep magma storage at Hekla volcano, Iceland, revealed by InSAR time series analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Ofeigsson, Benedikt G ^a   Hooper, Andrew ^b   Sigmundsson, Freysteinn ^a   Sturkell, Erik ^c   Grapenthin, Ronni ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FISSURE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

HEKLA; ICELAND;

EID: 81555223312     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007576     Document Type: Article

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