Toughness and failure of volcanic edifices

Tectonophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 27-35

  Gudmundsson, Agust ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basaltic edifices; Calderas; Dykes; Faults; Landslides; Stratovolcanoes

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC EDIFICES; CALDERAS; DYKES; FAULTS; STRATOVOLCANOES;

BASALT; BUILDINGS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LANDSLIDES; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; VOLCANOES;

FRACTURE;

BASALT; CALDERA; DIKE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT; LANDSLIDE; STRATOVOLCANO; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 67349269877     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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