Slopes, lava flow volumes, and vent distributions on Volcán Fernandina, Galápagos Islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 27657-27672

  Rowland, Scott K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSAT TM; LAVA FLOW; REMOTE SENSING; SIR-C; SLOPE; SPOT; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, FERNANDINA;

EID: 0344039173     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02649     Document Type: Article

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