Potential flank-collapse of Soufrière volcano, Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles? Numerical simulation and hazards

Natural Hazards

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 381-393

  Friant, Anne Le ^a   Boudon, Georges ^a   Komorowski, Jean Christophe ^a   Heinrich, Philippe ^b   Semet, Michel P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Debris avalanche; Flank collapse; Guadeloupe; Hazards; Lesser Antilles; Numerical simulation; Soufri re Volcano

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LAVA DOME; NATURAL HAZARD; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 33750434251     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-005-6128-8     Document Type: Article

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