Caldera geometry determined by the depth of the magma chamber

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Kusumoto, Shigekazu ^a   Takemura, Keiji ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caldera; Caldera geometry; Depth of magma chamber; Magma chamber; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; GEOMETRY; MAGMA CHAMBER;

EID: 31444449834     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bf03351879     Document Type: Article

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