Seismic signature of a phreatic explosion: Hydrofracturing damage at Karthala volcano, Grande Comore Island, Indian Ocean

Bulletin of Volcanology
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Abstract

Karthala volcano is a basaltic shield volcano with an active hydrothermal system that forms the southern two-thirds of the Grande Comore Island, off the east coat of Africa, northwest of Madagascar. Since the start of volcano monitoring by the local volcano observatory in 1988, the July 11th, 1991 phreatic eruption was the first volcanic event seismically recorded on this volcano, and a rare example of a monitored basaltic shield. From 1991 to 1995 the VT locations, 0.5
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Seismic signature of a phreatic explosion: Hydrofracturing damage at Karthala volcano, Grande Comore Island, Indian Ocean
Series title Bulletin of Volcanology
DOI 10.1007/s00445-005-0411-0
Volume 67
Issue 8
Year Published 2005
Language English
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Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Bulletin of Volcanology
First page 717
Last page 731
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