Monitoring the volcanic unrest of El Hierro (Canary Islands) before the onset of the 2011-2012 submarine eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Lopez C ^a   Blanco, M J ^a   Abella, R ^a   Brenes, B ^a   Cabrera Rodriguez V M ^a   Casas, B ^a   Dominguez Cerdea I ^a   Felpeto, A ^a   De Villalta, M Fernndez ^a   Del Fresno, C ^a   Garcia O ^a   Garcia Arias M J ^a   Garcia Canada L ^a   Gomis Moreno, A ^a   Gonzlez Alonso, E ^a   Guzmn Perez J ^a   Iribarren, I ^a   Lopez Diaz R ^a   Luengo Oroz, N ^a   Meletlidis, S ^a   Moreno, M ^a   Moure, D ^a   De Pablo, J Pereda ^a   Rodero, C ^a   Romero, E ^a   Sainz Maza, S ^a   Sentre Domingo, M A ^a   Torres, P A ^a   Trigo, P ^a   Villasante Marcos, V ^a   more..

^a Observatorio Geofísico Central Instituto Geogrfico Nacional ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOMAGNETISM; SUBMARINES; VOLCANOES;

CANARY ISLANDS; DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION PATTERN; EARTHQUAKE MIGRATION; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LOCAL MAGNITUDE; MULTIPARAMETRIC MONITORING; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC UNREST;

EARTHQUAKES;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SEISMICITY; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 84864049073     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051846     Document Type: Article

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