Numerical simulation of tsunamis generated by caldera collapse during the 7.3 ka Kikai eruption, Kyushu, Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1013-1024

  Maeno, Fukashi ^a,b   Imamura, Fumihiko ^a   Taniguchi, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caldera collapse; Caldera forming eruption; Kikai caldera; Numerical simulation; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TSUNAMI; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WAVE EQUATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KIKAI CALDERA; KYUSHU; OSUMI ISLANDS;

EID: 33750200660     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352606     Document Type: Article

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