Lahars at Merapi volcano, Central Java: An overview

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 423-456

  Lavigne, F ^a   Thouret, J C ^b   Voight, B ^c   Suwa, H ^d   Sumaryono, A ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Forest and Nature Conservation Research and Development Centre Bogor   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Lahar; Lahar deposits; Lahar zonation; Merapi volcano; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

LAHAR; MUDFLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0033862364     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(00)00150-5     Document Type: Article

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