Quantitative analysis of pyroclastic flows using infrasonic and seismic data at Unzen Volcano, Japan

Journal of Physics of the Earth

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 397-414

  Yamasato, Hitoshi ^a  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVITY; LAVA DOME; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS;

JAPAN, HONSHU, UNZEN VOLCANO;

EID: 0031400859     PISSN: 00223743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.45.397     Document Type: Article

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