Magma storage and migration associated with the 2011-2012 El Hierro eruption: Implications for crustal magmatic systems at oceanic island volcanoes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4361-4377

  González, Pablo J ^a   Samsonov, Sergey V ^b   Pepe, Susi ^c   Tiampo, Kristy F ^a   Tizzani, Pietro ^c   Casu, Francesco ^c   Fernández, José ^d   Camacho, Antonio G ^d   Sansosti, Eugenio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lithosphere thermomechanics; Magma migration; Magma plumbing systems; Oceanic volcanic islands; Time inversion; Volcano deformation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ENVISAT-1; FISSURE; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; RADARSAT; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMICITY; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; UNDERPLATING; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

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

EID: 84885141561     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50289     Document Type: Article

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