Investigations of Anomalous Earthquakes at Active Volcanoes

• Main Author: Shuler, Ashley Elizabeth
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 2012
• Subjects: Geophysics; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Seismology; Volcanoes; Earthquakes; Lava Lake; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8zg70bp; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8ZG70BP

This dissertation investigates the link between volcanic unrest and the occurrence of moderate-to-large earthquakes with a specific type of focal mechanism. Vertical compensated-linear-vector-dipole (vertical-CLVD) earthquakes have vertical pressure or tension axes and seismic radiation patterns tha...