A scaling growth model for bubbles in basaltic lava flows

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 395-409

  Gaonac'h, H ^a   Lovejoy, S ^b   Stix, J ^a   Scherzter, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Basalts; Gases; Growth rates; Lava flows; Vesicular texture

Indexed keywords

AA LAVA; BASALTIC LAVA; BUBBLE; PAHOEHOE LAVA; SCALING GROWTH MODEL; VESICULARITY;

ITALY, SICILY, MOUNTA ETNA;

EID: 0029729813     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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