Lava lake surface characterization by thermal imaging: Erta 'ale volcano (Ethiopia)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Spampinato, L ^a,b   Oppenheimer, C ^b   Calvari, S ^a   Cannata, A ^c   Montalto, P ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erta 'Ale; Heat flux radiant power output; Lava lake; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650523138     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002164     Document Type: Article

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