A new model for the growth of basaltic shields based on deformation of Fernandina volcano, Galápagos Islands

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 377-378, Issue , 2013, Pages 358-366

  Bagnardi, Marco ^a   Amelung, Falk ^a   Poland, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basaltic shield; Circumferential fissure; Gal pagos Islands; InSAR data; Radial dike; Sill

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMFERENTIAL FISSURE; INSAR DATA; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MAGMA RESERVOIRS; MEASUREMENTS OF; SILL; SURFACE DEFORMATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES;

BASALT; DEFORMATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; LEVEES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

VOLCANOES;

BASALT; CALDERA; DEFORMATION; DIKE; FISSURE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; MAGMA CHAMBER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SILL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ECUADOR; FERNANDINA; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

EID: 84883657462     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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