Experiments on the non-Boussinesq flow of self-igniting suspension currents on a steep open slope

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Turnbull, B ^a,b,c   McElwaine, J N ^b  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; DUST STORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SLOPE; SNOW; TURBIDITY CURRENT; VOLCANO;

EID: 44449085318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000753     Document Type: Article

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