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Seismic Anisotropy in Volcanic Regions

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Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering

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Seismic anisotropy/shear wave splitting at (active) volcanoes; Shear wave splitting in volcanic regions; Using seismic anisotropy/shear wave splitting to monitor (active) volcanoes; Using seismic anisotropy/shear wave splitting to track/monitor/detect volcanic/magmatic activity

Introduction

Modern geophysical techniques enable changes to be observed at some volcanoes before magmatic eruptions: detection of seismicity (see “Seismic Monitoring of Volcanoes”) from magma pushing through cold country rock is one of the most common and successful monitoring techniques and can lead to short-term forecasting (see “Volcanic Eruptions, Real-Time Forecasting of”). Another example of geophysical precursors to eruptions is surface deformation from inflation or deflation of a volcano due to magma movement. However, some volcanoes do not display these clues, and there remains a need for techniques that are sensitive to other physical attributes that might change in conjunction with the...

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  1. School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS81RJ, Bristol, UK

    Jessica H. Johnson

  2. School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR47TJ, Norwich, UK

    Jessica H. Johnson

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  1. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Johnson, J.H. (2013). Seismic Anisotropy in Volcanic Regions. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I., Patelli, E., Au, IK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36197-5_44-1

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