Modelling the lava dome extruded at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, August 2005-May 2006. Part II: Rockfall activity and talus deformation

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 69-84

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

lava dome; rockfall; seismicity; talus

Indexed keywords

AXI-SYMMETRICAL; CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUUM MODEL; DOME STRUCTURE; EXTRUSION RATES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD MODELS; FIRST-ORDER; GENERATION RATE; HOT GAS; INTERNAL BOUNDARY; LAVA DOME; ROCKFALL; ROCKFALLS; SEISMIC ENERGY; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TALUS; TALUS SLOPE; VOLUME INCREMENT; VOLUMETRIC GROWTH;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; ROCK BURSTS; VOLCANOES;

DOMES;

LAVA DOME; ROCKFALL; SEISMICITY; TALUS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 70349969965     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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