Characterization of pyroclastic fall and flow deposits from the 1815 eruption of Tambora volcano, Indonesia using ground-penetrating radar

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 352-361

  Abrams, Lewis J ^a   Sigurdsson, Haraldur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ground penetrating radar; Indonesia; pyroclastic flow; Tambora volcano

Indexed keywords

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TRENCHING;

PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TAMBORA VOLCANO;

VOLCANOES;

DATA PROCESSING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PUMICE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SOIL EROSION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMBAWA; SUNDA ISLES; TAMBORA;

EID: 33847650934     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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