Volcano collapse and tsunami generation in the Bismarck Volcanic Arc, Papua New Guinea

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 210-222

  Silver, Eli ^a   Day, Simon ^a,b   Ward, Steve ^a   Hoffmann, Gary ^a   Llanes, Pilar ^c   Driscoll, Neal ^d   Appelgate, Bruce ^d   Saunders, Steve ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Rabaul Volcanic Observatory   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; BISMARCK; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; LOCAL POPULATIONS; MODERN TIME; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TSUNAMI GENERATION; VOLCANIC ARC;

BACKSCATTERING; CAVITY RESONATORS; DEBRIS; PRINTING MACHINERY; TSUNAMIS;

VOLCANOES;

CALIBRATION; COASTAL ZONE; COLLAPSE; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; ISLAND ARC; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TSUNAMI; VOLCANOLOGY; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE RUNUP;

BISMARCK SEA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 69749101953     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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