Publication Date:
1999-11-05
Description:
The spatio-temporal evolution of a propagating magma-filled crack was estimated from inversion of Global Positioning System (GPS) data, tiltmeters, and leveling. The dike opened at a maximum rate of 50 millimeters per day and had a peak magma flux of 2 x 10(6) cubic meters per day. Although the spatial resolution was limited, slow upward propagation was resolved during the 9-day-long intrusion. In contrast, the earthquakes migrated rapidly upward during the first 12 hours of the swarm, and nearly all of the seismic energy was released in the first 2 days. Comparison of inversion results with accurate hypocenter locations will lead to improved understanding of magma transport through the brittle crust and of the causes of volcanic seismicity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Aoki -- Segall -- Kato -- Cervelli -- Shimada -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Oct 29;286(5441):927-30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2215, USA. Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-1, Yayoi 1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan. National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Preve.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10542140" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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