Hybrid collapse mechanism at Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Merle, Olivier ^a   Lénat, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Caldera; Collapse; Hydrothermal system; Piton de La Fournaise; Volcano

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; COLLAPSE; FAILURE MECHANISM; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; VOLCANISM;

PITON DE LA FOURNAISE VOLCANO; REUNION;

EID: 0038504443     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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