Modelling shear bands in a volcanic conduit: Implications for over-pressures and extrusion-rates

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 74-87

  Hale, Alina J ^a   Mühlhaus, Hans B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

computational volcanology; finite element method; lava dome; magma flow; shear bands; Soufri re Hills Volcano

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL VOLCANOLOGY; LAVA DOME; MAGMA FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC FLOW; SHEAR BANDS; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOPLASTICITY; VOLCANOES;

SEISMOLOGY;

EXTRUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAVA DOME; MAGMA; OVERPRESSURE; SHEAR BAND; VOLCANOLOGY;

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

EID: 35548945780     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.08.026     Document Type: Article

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