Structural evolution of calderas: Insights from two-dimensional discrete element simulations

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 927-930

  Hardy, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELS; DISCRETE ELEMENT SIMULATION; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LATERAL COLLAPSE; LOW ASPECT RATIO; MAGMA CHAMBER; NORMAL FAULTS; REVERSE FAULTS; RST STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

PRESSURE DROP; SIMULATORS; SUBSIDENCE;

ASPECT RATIO;

CALDERA; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FAULTING; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MAGMA CHAMBER; NORMAL FAULT; REVERSE FAULT; SUBSIDENCE; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 61849096825     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25133A.1     Document Type: Article

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