Circulation of bubbly magma and gas segregation within tunnels of the potential Yucca Mountain repository

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 947-960

  Menand, Thierry ^a   Phillips, Jeremy C ^a   Sparks, R Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas segregation; Magma circulation; Magma fluxes; Nuclear waste repository; Strombolian activity; Volcanic gas fluxes; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; DIKE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; VOLCANIC GAS;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 47249146575     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0179-5     Document Type: Article

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