Constraints on the upper crustal magma reservoir beneath Yellowstone Caldera inferred from lake-seiche induced strain observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 501-506

  Luttrell, Karen ^a   Mencin, David ^b   Francis, Olivier ^c   Hurwitz, Shaul ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b University of Connecticut   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Borehole Strainmeter; Seiche Waves; Yellowstone Caldera; Yellowstone Lake

Indexed keywords

LAKES; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

ELASTIC MODELS; MAGMA RESERVOIRS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRAIN AMPLITUDE; STRAIN INDUCED; STRAIN-METER; VISCOELASTIC MODELS; YELLOWSTONES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AMPLITUDE; BOREHOLE; ELASTICITY; MAGMA; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEICHE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHORE (NONMARINE); SOLID EARTH; STRAIN; UPPER CRUST; VISCOELASTICITY;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE CALDERA;

EID: 84878194534     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50155     Document Type: Article

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