Numerical simulation of the December 1997 debris avalanche in Montserrat, lesser antilles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2529-2532

  Heinrich, Ph ^a   Boudon, G ^b   Komorowski, J C ^b   Sparks, R S J ^c   Herd, R ^d   Voight, Barry ^e  

^a DIF   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (Montserrat)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COULOMB BLOCKADE; DEBRIS; FRICTION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LANDSLIDES; TRIBOLOGY;

SECTOR FAILURE;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); FRICTION;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DEBRIS FLOW; LANDSLIDE; MODELING;

MONTSERRAT;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE DEPOSITS; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; DYNAMIC FRICTION COEFFICIENT; FRICTION LAWS; GRAVITATIONAL FLOWS; LESSER ANTILLES; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS;

EID: 0035391179     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL012968     Document Type: Article

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