Monitoring and modeling ice-rock avalanches from ice-capped volcanoes: A case study of frequent large avalanches on Iliamna Volcano, Alaska

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 114-136

  Huggel, Christian ^a   Caplan Auerbach, Jacqueline ^b   Waythomas, Christopher F ^c   Wessels, Rick L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

ice rock avalanches; Iliamna Volcano; modeling; monitoring; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; HEAT FLUX; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

AVALANCHE FLOW MODELING; ICE-ROCK AVALANCHES; LONG-TERM MONITORING; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

VOLCANOES;

ASTER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; ICE CAP; LANDSAT; MODELING; MONITORING; ROCK AVALANCHE; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; STRATOVOLCANO; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ALASKA; ILIAMNA VOLCANO; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 35748977397     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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