Long submarine lava flows: Observations and results from numerical modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B11, 1998, Pages 27517-27531

  Gregg, Tracy K P ^a,b   Fornari, Daniel J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; LAVA FLOW; MODELING; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032470132     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb02465     Document Type: Article

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