Causes and mechanisms of the 2011-2012 El Hierro (Canary Islands) submarine eruption

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 823-839

  Martí, Joan ^a   Pinel, Virginie ^b   Lõpez, Carmen ^c   Geyer, Adelina ^a   Abella, Rafael ^c   Tárraga, Marta ^a   Blanco, María José ^d   Castro, Antonio ^e   Rodríguez, Carmen ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

^d IGN Observatorio Astro omico Nacional   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; El Hierro; geophysical monitoring; numerical modeling; petrology; volcanic unrest

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

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

EID: 84876942257     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50087     Document Type: Article

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