On the dynamics of volcanic columns: A comparison of field data with a new model of negatively buoyant jets

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-103

  Carazzo, G ^a   Kaminski, E ^a   Tait, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Plinian column; pyroclastic flows; tephra deposits; turbulent entrainment

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; BUOYANCY; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VOLCANOES;

1D MODELS; ANALYTIC MODELS; BUOYANT JETS; BUOYANT PLUMES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD DATUMS; FIRST GENERATIONS; FLOW REGIMES; GEOLOGIC FIELDS; HIGH DENSITIES; MASS FLUXES; NEW GENERATIONS; NEW MODELS; PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONS; PHYSICAL MODELS; PLINIAN COLUMN; PRO-PEL; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTIONS; RICHARDSON NUMBERS; TEPHRA DEPOSITS; TURBULENT ENTRAINMENT; TURBULENT JETS; TURBULENT MIXING; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS; UNSTEADY PHENOMENONS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC JETS;

JETS;

BUOYANCY; ENTRAINMENT; JET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEPHRA; TURBULENT FLOW; VOLCANOLOGY;

PLINIA;

EID: 55549144760     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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