New insight into the factors leading to the 1998 flank collapse and lahar disaster at Casita volcano, Nicaragua

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 331-345

  Kerle, Norman ^a   van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin ^b   Oppenheimer, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Flank collapse; Gravity slide; Hurricane mitch; Lahar; Nicaragua

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; HAZARD; HURRICANE; LAHAR; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; SLOPE STABILITY; VOLCANO;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0042699846     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-002-0263-9     Document Type: Article

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