The behaviour of the fronts of komatiite lavas in medial to distal settings

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 127-139

  Cas, Ray ^a   Self, Steve ^b   Beresford, Steve ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Komatiite; Laminar flow; Lava; Reynolds number; Thickness

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; KOMATIITE; LAMINAR FLOW; LAVA; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 0033569071     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00194-6     Document Type: Article

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