A laboratory model of surface crust formation and disruption on lava flows through non-uniform channels

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 753-770

  Cashman, Katharine V ^a   Kerr, Ross C ^b   Griffiths, Ross W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Irregularities; Lava flows; Solidification; Surface crust

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CRUST; FORMATION MECHANISM; LAVA FLOW; LIDAR; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745083114     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-005-0048-z     Document Type: Article

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