Field-based density measurements as tool to identify preeruption dome structure: Set-up and first results from Unzen volcano, Japan

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 65-75

  Kueppers, Ulrich ^a   Scheu, Bettina ^a   Spieler, Oliver ^a   Dingwell, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Block and ash flow; Dome; Explosive eruption; Field based density measurements; Fragmentation behaviour; Unzen volcano; Volcanology

Indexed keywords

CONFINED FLOW; POROSITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

DENSITY MEASUREMENT; DRY ROCKS; ERUPTION DEPOSITS; PLASTIC BAGS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ASH FLOW; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; INSTRUMENTATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU]; UNZEN VOLCANO; WORLD;

EID: 13444257371     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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