Lava channel formation via the viscoplastic indentation of hot substrates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Gioia, Gustavo ^a   Chakraborty, Pinaki ^a,b   Kieffer, Susan ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOPLASTICITY;

HOT SUBSTRATES; LAVA CHANNELS; LAVA FLOW;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EROSION; FLOW STRUCTURE; INDENTATION; LAVA FLOW; SUBSTRATE; VISCOELASTIC FLUID; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34047197044     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027248     Document Type: Article

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