Analytical/numerical modeling of komatiite lava emplacement and thermal erosion at Perseverance, Western Australia

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 27-55

  Williams, David A ^a,b   Kerr, Ross C ^c   Lesher, C Michael ^b,d   Barnes, Stephen J ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Komatiite; Lava emplacement; Numerical modelling; Perseverance; Thermal erosion

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; SULFIDE MINERALS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

THERMAL EROSION;

VOLCANOES;

EMPLACEMENT; EROSION; KOMATIITE; LAVA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECAMBRIAN; VOLCANISM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035975827     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(01)00206-2     Document Type: Article

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