Satellite radar data reveal short-term pre-explosive displacements and a complex conduit system at Volcán de Colima, Mexico

Frontiers in Earth Science

Volumn 2, Issue Jun, 2014, Pages

  Salzer, Jacqueline T ^a   Nikkhoo, Mehdi ^a   Walter, Thomas R ^a   Sudhaus, Henriette ^a,b   Reyes Dávila, Gabriel ^c   Bretón, Mauricio ^c   Arámbula, Raúl ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Colima; Conduit system; Eruption precursor; Explosive volcano; InSAR; Lava dome

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014060220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22966463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2014.00012     Document Type: Article

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