Experiments on deaerating granular flows and implications for pyroclastic flow mobility

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 40-1-40-4

  Roche, O ^a   Gilbertson, M ^a   Phillips, J C ^a   Sparks, R S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDITY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MORPHOLOGY; WATER AERATION;

PYROCLASTIC FLOW MOBILITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

DEGASSING; FLUIDIZATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0242432512     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl014819     Document Type: Article

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