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Science 13 January 1984:
Vol. 223. no. 4632, pp. 165 - 167
DOI: 10.1126/science.223.4632.165
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Seismic Detection of the Summit Magma Complex of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

CLIFFORD H. THURBER 1

1 Department of Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794

Application of simultaneous inversion of seismic P-wave arrival time data to the investigation of the crust beneath Kilauea Volcano yields a detailed picture of the volcano's heterogeneous structure. Zones of anomalously high seismic velocity are found associated with the volcano's rift zones. A low-velocity zone at shallow depth directly beneath the caldera coincides with an aseismic region interpreted as being the locus of Kilauea's summit magma complex.

Submitted on October 17, 1983
Accepted on November 14, 1983


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