Volcanotectonic interactions between Mauna Loa and Kilauea: Insights from 2-D discrete element simulations

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 109-131

  Morgan, Julia K ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Kilauea; Landslides; Mauna Loa; Subsidence; Volcanic spreading; Volcanotectonics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

FRICTIONAL RHEOLOGY; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; VOLCANIC SPREADING; VOLCANOTECTONICS;

TECTONICS;

TECTONICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANISM;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; MAUNA LOA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644624909     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.07.025     Document Type: Article

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