Lava flows are fractals

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 305-308

  Bruno, B C ^a,b   Taylor, G J ^a,b   Rowland, S K ^a,b   Lucey, P G ^a,b   Self, S ^a,b  

^a Dept of Geology and Geophysics ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FRACTAL; LAVA FLOW; SCALE INVARIANCE;

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; USA, HAWAII; USA, IDAHO;

EID: 0026492929     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/91GL03039     Document Type: Article

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