Magma mobilization by downward-propagating decompression of the Eyjafjallajkull volcanic plumbing system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Tarasewicz, Jon ^a   White, Robert S ^a   Woods, Andrew W ^b   Brandsdóttir, Bryndís ^c   Gudmundsson, Magns T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLCANOES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

ERUPTION RATES; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITY; ICELANDS; MAGMATIC PLUMBING SYSTEM; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC UNREST;

PLUMBING;

DECOMPRESSION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA; MOBILIZATION; SEISMICITY; SILL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84867527980     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053518     Document Type: Article

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