Spatial and temporal patterns in fluvial recovery following volcanic eruptions: Channel response to basin-wide sediment loading at Mount Pinatubo, Philippines

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 195-211

  Gran, Karen B ^a   Montgomery, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial; Pinatubo; Sediment supply; Sediment transport; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY; SEDIMENT LOADING; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WINNOWING;

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

VOLCANOES;

LAHAR; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEDIMENT YIELD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; CENTRAL LUZON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MOUNT PINATUBO; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD; ZAMBALES;

EID: 13244284640     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25528.1     Document Type: Article

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