Analogue study of particle segregation in pyroclastic density currents, with implications for the emplacement mechanisms of large ignimbrites

Sedimentology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 907-928

  Choux, C M ^a,b   Druitt, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic equivalence; Ignimbrite segregation; Polydisperse flow; Pyroclastic density current

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; DENSITY CURRENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; IGNIMBRITE; PARTICLE SETTLING; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0036804611     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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