Thermo-rheological magma control on the impact of highly fluid lava flows at Mt. Nyiragongo

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Giordano, D ^a   Polacci, M ^b   Longo, A ^c   Papale, P ^c   Dingwell, D B ^d   Boschi, E ^c   Kasereka, M ^e  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Centre de Recherches en Sciences Naturalles   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RHEOLOGY; TEXTURES; UNDERCOOLING; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

ERUPTIVE FISSURE; LAVA FLOWS; MAGMA ASCENT;

SEISMOLOGY;

HEAT TRANSFER; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; NYIRAGONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34249886858     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028459     Document Type: Article

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