Rheological properties of a remobilised-tephra lahar associated with the 1995 eruptions of Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-164

  Manville, V ^a,b   Hodgson, K A ^b,c   White, J D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Froude number; Hazards; Lahars; Modified Reynolds number; Rheology; Shear strength; Velocity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

LAHAR; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031785938     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1998.9514800     Document Type: Article

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