Emplacement and inflation of natrocarbonatitic lava flows during the March-April 2006 eruption of Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-311

  Mattsson, Hannes B ^a,b   Vuorinen, Jaana ^c,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elastic moduli; Inflation; Natrocarbonatite; Oldoinyo Lengai; Pahoehoe; Tumuli

Indexed keywords

CRATER; ELASTIC PROPERTY; EMPLACEMENT; LAVA FLOW; PAHOEHOE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; OLDOINYO LENGAI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 62749130599     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-008-0224-z     Document Type: Article

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