Controls on caldera structure: Results from analogue sandbox modeling

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 515-524

  Kennedy, Ben ^a   Stix, John ^a   Vallance, James W ^a   Lavallée, Yan ^a   Longpré, Marc Antoine ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caldera; Collapse; Faults; Modeling; Structure; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

BROAD SAGGING; CHAMBER DEPTH; ERUPTIVE VENTS; TILTING;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCKS; SAND; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

GEOLOGY;

CALDERA; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; MODEL TEST; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

EID: 2442555926     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25228.1     Document Type: Article

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