Probabilistic modeling of tephra dispersal: Hazard assessment of a multiphase rhyolitic eruption at Tarawera, New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Bonadonna, Costanza ^a,b   Connor, C B ^b   Houghton, B F ^a   Connor, L ^b   Byrne, M ^b   Laing, A ^b   Hincks, T K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 21844460556     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002896     Document Type: Article

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