Acoustic source characterization of impulsive Strombolian eruptions from the Mount Erebus lava lake

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 673-686

  Johnson, Jeffrey ^a   Aster, Richard ^a   Jones, Kyle R ^a   Kyle, Philip ^a   McIntosh, Bill ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic propagation; acoustic source directivity; infrasound; source inversion; Strombolian eruptions

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; LAVA FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; MOUNT EREBUS; ROSS ISLAND; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STROMBOLI;

EID: 55549130447     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.06.028     Document Type: Article

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