Laboratory simulations of sustained volcanic eruptions

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6641, 1997, Pages 462-464

  Mader, H M ^a   Brodsky, E E ^b   Howard, D ^c   Sturtevant, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUIT FLOW; DISCHARGE RATE; FRAGMENTATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTATION; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VOLCANO;

EID: 0030835651     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41306     Document Type: Article

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