Thermal structure of a gas-permeable lava dome and timescale separation in its response to perturbation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Hicks, Peter D ^a   Matthews, Adrian J ^a   Cooker, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; GAS FLOW; LAVA DOME; MAGMATISM; NATURAL HAZARD; PERTURBATION; PREDICTION; SITE INVESTIGATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIMESCALE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EID: 70349685123     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006198     Document Type: Article

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