Volcano-glacier interactions on composite cones and lahar generation: Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia, case study

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2007, Pages 115-127

  Thouret, J C ^a   Ramirez J C ^b   Gibert Malengreau, B ^a   Vargas, C A ^c   Naranjo, J L ^c   Vandemeulebrouck, J ^d   Valla, F ^e   Funk, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b SERVICIO GEOLÓGICO COLOMBIANO   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^e Cemagref   (France)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE CAP; ICE MARGIN; ICE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; LAHAR; MELTWATER; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SNOWPACK; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

COLOMBIA; NEVADO DEL RUIZ; SOUTH AMERICA; TOLIMA;

EID: 55349124371     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782282589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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