Dike emplacement at Bardarbunga, Iceland, induces unusual stress changes, caldera deformation, and earthquakes

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Gudmundsson, Agust ^a   Lecoeur, Nora ^a   Mohajeri, Nahid ^b   Thordarson, Thorvaldur ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Calderas; Crustal stresses; Dike propagation; Feeder dike; Volcano deformation; Volcano earthquakes

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; FISSURE; MAGMA CHAMBER; STRESS CHANGE; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASKJA; BARDARBUNGA; ICELAND; KVERKFJOLL; TUNGNAFELLSJOKULL;

EID: 84907077402     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-014-0869-8     Document Type: Article

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