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Ground deformation at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat during 1998–2000 measured by radar interferometry and GPS
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Wadge, Geoff Mattioli, Glen S. Herd, Richard A. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | Abstract We examine the motion of the ground surface on the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat between 1998 and 2000 using radar interferometry (InSAR). To minimise the effects of variable atmospheric water vapour on the InSAR measurements we use independently-derived measurements of the radar path delay from six continuous GPS receivers. The surfaces providing a measurable interferometric signal are those on pyroclastic flow deposits, mainly emplaced in 1997. Three types of surface motion can be discriminated. Firstly, the surfaces of thick, valley-filling deposits subsided at rates of 150–120 mm/year in the year after emplacement to 50–30 mm/year two years later. This must be due to contraction and settling effects during cooling. The second type is the near-field motion localised within about one kilometre of the dome. Both subsidence and uplift events are seen and though the former could be due to surface gravitational effects, the latter may reflect shallow ( |
| Starting Page | 157 |
| Ending Page | 173 |
| Page Count | 17 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.11.007 |
| Volume Number | 152 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/people/ichihara/vp2007plan/Wadge2006jvgr.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.11.007 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
