The use of earthquake rate changes as a stress meter at Kilauea volcano

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 408; no. 6811; pp. 457 - 460
• Main Authors: Cayol, Valérie, Okubo, Paul, Dieterich, James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing 23.11.2000; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Crystalline rocks; Earth Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Earthquakes; Earthquakes, seismology; Exact sciences and technology; Igneous and metamorphic rocks petrology, volcanic processes, magmas; Internal geophysics; natural disasters; probability; Remote sensing; Sciences of the Universe; Seismic activity; Seismology; Stress; Volcanoes; Volcanology; Hawaii; Kilauea; Hawaii County Hawaii; Hawaii Island; Polynesia; United States > US; stress; models; correlation; catalogs; deformation; boundary element methods; magnitude; epicenters; earthquakes; methodology; Oceania; seismicity

Stress changes in the Earth's crust are generally estimated from model calculations that use near-surface deformation as an observational constraint. But the widespread correlation of changes of earthquake activity with stress has led to suggestions that stress changes might be calculated from...