Total grain-size distribution and volume of tephra-fall deposits

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 441-456

  Bonadonna, Costanza ^a,b   Houghton, B F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Exponential thinning; Power law thinning; Ruapehu; Tephra fall deposits; Voronoi

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; TEPHRA;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; MOUNT RUAPEHU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 21244439092     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-004-0386-2     Document Type: Article

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