Constraints on the formation of submarine lava flows from numerical model calculations

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 215-229

  Klingelhofer F ^a   Hort, M ^b   Kumpel H J ^c   Schmincke, H U ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constraints; Numerical model calculations; Submarine lava flows

Indexed keywords

LAVA FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PILLOW LAVA; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

EID: 0342680005     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00092-X     Document Type: Article

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