Effect of grain size on mobility of dry granular flows of angular rock fragments: An experimental determination

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 193, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 18-24

  Cagnoli, B ^a   Romano, G P ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angular rock fragments; Grain size; Mobility; Pyroclastic flows; Rock avalanches

Indexed keywords

DRY GRANULAR FLOWS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FINER GRAINS; FLOW MECHANISMS; GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULAR FLOWS; HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERAS; MASS MOVEMENT; NATURAL PHENOMENA; ON FLOW; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENT; PER UNIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK FRAGMENTS; RUNOUT DISTANCES; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

CONFINED FLOW; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ROCKS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VIDEO CAMERAS;

EXPERIMENTS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MOBILITY; PREDICTION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; ROCK AVALANCHE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 77952674283     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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