HR: 1340h
AN: V53A-1133    [Abstracts]
TI: A Kknematic model for ground deformation at Kilauea volcano during 1992-2005
AU: * Amelung, F
EM: famelung@rsmas.miami.edu
AF: University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, United States
AU: Baker, S M
EM: sbaker@rsmas.miami.edu
AF: University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, United States
AB: Kilauea volcano is actively deforming at rates of up to 10 cm/yr. Existing models for Kilauea well explain the ground deformation of the east rift zone and along the southflank. InSAR data for the 1992-2005 period (derived from Jers and Radarsat satellites) clearly show significant subsidence at rates of 5 cm/yr and more in the southwest rift zone. We present a kinematic model to explain the observed deformation consisting of deep rift intrusion and gravitationally-driven normal faulting in the southwest rift zone area.
DE: 0317 Chemical kinetic and photochemical properties
DE: 0319 Cloud optics
DE: 0320 Cloud physics and chemistry
SC: Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology [V]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting