Entrance of hot pyroclastic flows into the sea: Experimental observations

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 65, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 144-164

  Freundt, Armin ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ash cloud surge; Hot ash water mixing; Littoral explosion; Pyroclastic flow; Tsunami; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; IGNIMBRITE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TSUNAMI; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 0037353694     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-002-0250-1     Document Type: Article

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