Insights into the 2011-2012 submarine eruption off the coast of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) from statistical analyses of earthquake activity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 659-670

  Ibanez J M ^a,b   De Angelis, S ^c,d   Diaz Moreno A ^a,b   Hernandez P ^b,e   Alguacil, G ^a,f   Posadas, A ^a,g   Perez N ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Universidad de La Laguna and Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Instituto Tecnologico y de Enegias Renovables   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamics: seismotectonics; Earthquake interaction, forecasting, and prediction; Seismicity and tectonics; Volcanic hazards and risks; Volcano monitoring; Volcano seismology

Indexed keywords

B VALUE; CANARY ISLANDS; CRUSTAL DEPTH; EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; GAIN INSIGHT; LATE STAGE; MAGMA MIGRATION; MAGMA RESERVOIRS; SECOND PHASE; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; SEISMIC SWARM; SEISMOTECTONICS; SPATIAL CLUSTER; SURFACE MANIFESTATIONS; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC EVENT; VOLCANIC HAZARDS; VOLCANO MONITORING; VOLCANO SEISMOLOGY;

SUBMARINES; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MAGMA CHAMBER; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 84867403687     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05629.x     Document Type: Article

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