"Explosive energy" during volcanic eruptions from fractal analysis of pyroclasts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 800-807

  Kueppers, Ulrich ^a   Perugini, Diego ^b   Dingwell, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

explosive energy; fractal fragmentation theory; fragment size distribution; pyroclasts; simulation of eruptions; volcanic fragmentation

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE ENERGY; FRACTAL FRAGMENTATION THEORY; FRAGMENT SIZE DISTRIBUTION; FRAGMENTATION EFFICIENCY; PYROCLASTS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU]; UNZEN VOLCANO;

EID: 33747040125     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.033     Document Type: Article

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