Modelling the lava dome extruded at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, August 2005-May 2006. Part I: Dome shape and internal structure

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 53-68

  Hale, A J ^a   Calder, E S ^b   Wadge, G ^c   Loughlin, S C ^d   Ryan, G A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

collapse; lava dome; structure; talus

Indexed keywords

AXI-SYMMETRICAL; COLLAPSE; DOME COLLAPSE; EXPLOSIVE ENERGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD MODELS; GROWTH CHARACTERISTIC; GROWTH PERIOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LAVA DOME; MODEL RESULTS; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; STRUCTURE; TALUS;

EXPLOSIVES; PHASE INTERFACES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

DOMES;

COLLAPSE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAVA DOME; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TALUS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 70349956479     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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