Observations of Deformation
Volcano number: | 311110 |
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Region: | Alaska |
Country: | United States |
Geodetic measurements? | Yes |
Deformation observation? | Yes |
Measurement method(s): | InSAR |
Duration of observation: | 2004 - 2009 |
Inferred cause(s) of deformation: | Surface deposits |
Characteristics of deformation: | Interferograms show subsidence at ~1.5 cm/yr on the western flank of Kanaga that is attributed to thermoelastic contraction of lava flows deposited in 1993 – 1995. |
Reference(s): | Lu, Z., and Dzurisin, D., 2014, InSAR imaging of Aleutian volcanoes: Chichester, UK, Springer-Praxis, 390 p. |
U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) website http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcinfo.php?volcname=Kanaga | |
Location: | 51.923, -177.168 |
REST API endpoint (JSON): | https://comet.nerc.ac.uk/wp-json/volcanodb/v1/volcano/5222 |