A conceptual model for block-and-ash flow basal avalanche transport and deposition, based on deposit architecture of 1998 and 1994 Merapi flows

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 117-134

  Schwarzkopf, Lothar M ^a,b,d   Schmincke, Hans Ulrich ^b   Cronin, Shane J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Abt Vulkanologie   (Germany)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d GeoDocCon ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal avalanche; Block and ash flows; Emplacement mechanisms; Facies; Merapi Volcano; Pyroclastic flows; Transport mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; EROSION; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WASTES;

BLOCK-AND-ASH FLOW (BAF) DEPOSITS; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT MODEL;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; DEPOSITION; EMPLACEMENT; FACIES; PYROCLASTIC FLOW;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MERAPI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES; WORLD;

EID: 10644262299     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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