The length of channelized lava flows: Insight from the 1859 eruption of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawai'i

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 183, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 139-156

  Riker, Jenny M ^a   Cashman, Katharine V ^a   Kauahikaua, James P ^b   Montierth, Charlene M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Clark College   (United States)

Author keywords

channels; crystallization; geothermometry; lava flow; Mauna Loa

Indexed keywords

BULK COMPOSITIONS; BULK VISCOSITY; CHANNELS; COMMON MODELS; EMPLACEMENT CONDITIONS; FLANK ERUPTIONS; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAVA FLOW; LAVA FLOWS; LOW CRYSTALLINITY; MAGMA BODIES; MAUNA LOA; MICROLITE TEXTURES; PHASE CONSTRAINTS; RIFT ZONES; TEMPERATURE DECREASE;

FELDSPAR; FLOW FIELDS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

AA LAVA; CHANNELIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOTHERMOMETRY; LAVA FLOW; PAHOEHOE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA LOA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349097087     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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