Magma flow instabilities in a volcanic conduit: Implications for long-period seismicity

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 163-178

  Hale, Alina J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eruptions; LP seismicity; Magma flow; Shear bands; Volcanology

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LITHOLOGY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR BANDS; SHEAR STRESS; VOLCANOES;

MAGMA FLOW; SEISMICITY; VOLCANOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; PREDICTION; SEISMICITY; SHEAR BAND; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VISCOPLASTICITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 34547924843     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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