Best-fit results from application of a thermo-rheological model for channelized lava flow to high spatial resolution morphological data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Harris, Andrew ^a   Favalli, Massimiliano ^b   Mazzarini, Francesco ^b   Pareschi, Maria Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CHANNEL FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; VOLCANOES;

LASER ALTIMETER; LAVA FLOW; THERMO-RHEOLOGICAL MODEL;

GEOPHYSICS;

COOLING; LAVA FLOW; LIDAR; MODELING; RHEOLOGY;

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

EID: 34548046466     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028126     Document Type: Article

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