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

January 1, 2005

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 Year 2005
Title Seismic signature of a phreatic explosion: Hydrofracturing damage at Karthala volcano, Grande Comore Island, Indian Ocean
DOI 10.1007/s00445-005-0411-0
Authors C. Savin, J.-R. Grasso, P. Bachelery
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Bulletin of Volcanology
Index ID 70027989
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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