Improved remote sensing estimates of lava flow cooling: A case study of the 1991-1993 Mount Etna eruption

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B10, 2000, Pages 23681-23694

  Wright, Robert ^a,c   Rothery, David A ^a   Blake, Stephen ^a   Pieri, David C ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; LAVA FLOW; REMOTE SENSING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ITALY; MOUNT ETNA; SICILY;

EID: 0033695167     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900225     Document Type: Review

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