Morphology, eruption rates, and rheology of lava domes: Insights from laboratory models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 527-545

  Fink, Jonathan H ^a   Griffiths, Ross W ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000803943     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02838     Document Type: Article

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