Cosmic-ray muon imaging of magma in a conduit: Degassing process of Satsuma-Iwojima Volcano, Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Tanaka, Hiroyuki K M ^a   Uchida, Tomohisa ^a   Tanaka, Manobu ^b   Shinohara, Hiroshi ^c   Taira, Hideaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DEGASSING; DETECTORS; EMULSIFICATION; RADIOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

COSMIC-RAY MUONS; CROSS SECTIONS; DEGASSING PROCESS; DENSITY ANOMALIES; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; MUON DETECTORS; RHYOLITIC; SATSUMA-IWOJIMA; VARYING THICKNESS; VENT AREAS; X-RAY RADIOGRAPHIES;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

COSMIC RAY; DEGASSING; IMAGING METHOD; MAGMA; RADIOGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; IWODAKE VOLCANO; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SATSUMA-IWOJIMA;

EID: 62749173575     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036451     Document Type: Article

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