Classification and idealized limit-equilibrium analyses of dome collapses at Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, during growth of the first lava dome: November 1995-March 1998

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 241-258

  Simmons, John ^a,b   Elsworth, Derek ^a   Voight, Barry ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Collapse; Lava dome; Pyroclastic flows

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); EXTRUSION; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DOME COLLAPSES; FRICTIONAL STRENGTH; MAGMAS;

VOLCANOES;

BIFURCATION; COLLAPSE; LAVA DOME; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANO;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO; WORLD;

EID: 10844277867     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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