Importance of surface crust strength during the flow of the 1988-1990 andesite lava of Lonquimay Volcano, Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Kerr, Ross C ^a   Lyman, A W ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; EMPLACEMENT; FLOW CONTROL; LAVA FLOW; RHEOLOGY; VOLCANOLOGY;

ARAUCANIA; CHILE; LONQUIMAY VOLCANO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548165415     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004522     Document Type: Article

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