Vulcanian explosion at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat on March 2004 as revealed by strain data

• Main Authors: Linde, Alan T., Clarke, A. B., Malin, P., Shalev, E., Sparks, S., Sacks, Selwyn, Hidayat, Dannie, Voight, Barry, Elsworth, Derek, Mattioli, Glen, Widiwijayanti, Christina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95411; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8771
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The CALIPSO collaborative volcano monitoring system on the Caribbean island of Montserrat includes observations of strain at depths ∼200 m using Sacks-Evertson strainmeters. Strain data for the March 2004 explosion of the Soufrière Hills Volcano are characterized by large, roughly equal but opposite...