Explaining the extreme mobility of volcanic ice-slurry flows, Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-18

  Lube, Gert ^a   Cronin, Shane J ^a   Procter, Jonathan N ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC WATER; BASAL ZONE; CRATER LAKE; FOUR-PHASE; HIGH MOBILITY; HIGH-DENSITY; ICE SLURRIES; INTERNAL PORES; KINEMATIC PROPERTIES; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; NEW ZEALAND; WATER-AIR MIXTURE;

DEPOSITS; PIPE FLOW; SNOW; SOLVENTS; VOLCANOES;

ICE;

CRATER LAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ICE CAP; MOBILITY; SNOW COVER; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AUSTRALASIA; MOUNT RUAPEHU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 68249157469     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25352A.1     Document Type: Article

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