Lava dome growth and evolution with an independently deformable talus

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 391-417

  Hale, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effusive volcanism; Eruption mechanisms and flow emplacement; Lava rheology and morphology; Numerical solutions

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAVA DOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TALUS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 45249086002     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03806.x     Document Type: Article

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