Numerical simulations of block-and-ash flows using the Titan2D flow model: Examples from the 2006 eruption of Merapi Volcano, Java, Indonesia

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 953-959

  Charbonnier, S J ^a   Gertisser, R ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block and ash flow; Hazard assessment; Merapi; Numerical modelling; Titan2D

Indexed keywords

ASH FLOW; EMPLACEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

ASIA; EAST JAVA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAVA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MERAPI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 70349210226     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0299-1     Document Type: Article

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