Fast emplacement of extensive pahoehoe flow-fields: The case of the 1736 flows from Montaña de las Nueces, Lanzarote

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 132, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 189-207

  Solana, M C ^a   Kilburn, C R J ^a   Rodriguez Badiola, E ^b   Aparicio, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lanzarote; Lava flow; Pahoehoe

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEXTURES;

ERUPTION; SURFACE TEXTURE;

VOLCANOES;

LAVA FLOW; PAHOEHOE; THOLEIITIC BASALT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LANZAROTE; LAS PALMAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 1942488222     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00345-7     Document Type: Article

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