Magma chamber properties from integrated seismic tomography and thermal modeling at Montserrat

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Paulatto, M ^a,b   Annen, C ^c   Henstock, T J ^b   Kiddle, E ^c   Minshull, T A ^b   Sparks, R S J ^c   Voight, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arc volcano; magma chamber; seismic tomography; thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; SEISMOGRAPHS; THERMOANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

ARC VOLCANOES; CRITICAL PARAMETER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; LEVEL OF DETAIL; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATIC SYSTEMS; MELT FRACTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHALLOW CRUST; SHALLOW RESERVOIRS; THERMAL MODELING;

SEISMOLOGY;

ANDESITE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MODELING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MONTSERRAT;

EID: 84856300466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003892     Document Type: Article

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