Experimental evidence links volcanic particle characteristics to pyroclastic flow hazard

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 314-320

  Dellino, Pierfrancesco ^a   Büttner, Ralf ^b   Dioguardi, Fabio ^a   Doronzo, Domenico M ^a   La Volpe, Luigi ^a   Mele, Daniela ^a   Sonder, Ingo ^b   Sulpizio, Roberto ^a   Zimanowski, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental volcanology; Pyroclastic flows; Pyroclastic particles; Volcanic hazard

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE POTENTIAL; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HAZARDOUS EVENTS; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; THEORETICAL MODELS; VESUVIUS; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

DEPOSITS; HAZARDS; VOLCANOES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 77953023115     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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