Numerical simulation of the last flank-collapse event of Montagne Pelée, Martinique, Lesser Antilles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Le Friant, Anne ^a   Heinrich, Philippe ^b   Deplus, Christine ^a   Boudon, Georges ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COMPUTER SIMULATION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; DEBRIS; LANDSLIDES; NUMERICAL MODELS; SUBMARINES; TRIBOLOGY;

SUBMARINE EMPLACEMENT; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; FINITE DIFFERENCE MODEL; FRICTION ANGLES; GRAVITATIONAL FLOWS; LESSER ANTILLES; MOMENTUM CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; SHAPED STRUCTURES; VARIABLE FRICTIONS;

VOLCANOES; FRICTION;

COLLAPSE; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; GRAVITY FLOW; RHEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MARTINIQUE; MONTAGNE PELEE VOLCANO;

EID: 0037929027     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015903     Document Type: Article

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