Rheologic and structural controls on the deformation of Okmok volcano, Alaska: FEMs, InSAR, and ambient noise tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Masterlark, Timothy ^a   Haney, Matthew ^b,c   Dickinson, Haylee ^a   Fournier, Tom ^d,e   Searcy, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

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EID: 84857609751     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006324     Document Type: Article

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