Rheological properties of dome lavas: Case study of Unzen volcano

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 263-272

  Cordonnier, B ^a   Hess, K U ^a   Lavallee, Y ^a   Dingwell, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

brittle; crystals; ductile; flow banding; lava; magma; non Newtonian rheology; Unzen; visco elastic; viscosity; volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE; DUCTILE; FLOW BANDING; LAVA; MAGMA; NON-NEWTONIAN RHEOLOGY; UNZEN; VISCO-ELASTIC;

CEMENTS; CRYSTALS; DOMES; ELASTICITY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

VISCOSITY;

CRACKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; FRAGMENTATION; LAVA DOME; MAGMA; PHENOCRYST; RHEOLOGY; STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU]; UNZEN VOLCANO;

EID: 60949113083     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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