Comparative study of lahars generated by the 1961 and 1971 eruptions of Calbuco and Villarrica volcanoes, Southern Andes of Chile

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 297-311

  Castruccio, Angelo ^a   Clavero, Jorge ^b   Rivera, Andrés ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Calbuco volcano; debris flow; Lahar; Southern Andes; Villarrica volcano

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE VOLCANOES; ANDEAN SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE; CALBUCO VOLCANO; CLAY MATERIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEBRIS FLOW; DEBRIS FLOWS; GRANULOMETRIES; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INITIATION PROCESS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MATRIX; ON DYNAMICS; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; SEM IMAGE; UNIMODAL; WATER STREAMS; XX CENTURY;

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; RIVERS; SILT; SNOW;

VOLCANOES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEBRIS FLOW; DILUTION; EMPLACEMENT; GRANULOMETRY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAHAR; LAVA FLOW; MATRIX; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GLASS; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOLOGY;

ANDES; CALBUCO VOLCANO; CHILE; LOS LAGOS; VILLARRICA VOLCANO;

EID: 75949090599     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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