The role of viscous magma mush spreading in volcanic flank motion at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2474-2487

  Plattner, C ^a,b,c   Amelung, F ^a   Baker, S ^a   Govers, R ^d   Poland, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

flank motion; Hawaiian Volcanoes; K lauea Volcano; volcanic spreading

Indexed keywords

DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GPS; MAGMA; RIFT ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLCANOLOGY;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880762404     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50194     Document Type: Article

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