Seafloor deformation and forecasts of the April 2011 eruption at Axial Seamount

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 474-477

  Chadwick, William W ^a   Nooner, Scott L ^b   Butterfield, David A ^c   Lilley, Marvin D ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HOT SPOT; MAGMA; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEAMOUNT; SPREADING CENTER; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AXIAL VOLCANO; JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 84863310207     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1464     Document Type: Article

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