Particle velocity fields and depositional processes in laboratory ash flows, with implications for the sedimentation of dense pyroclastic flows

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 747-759

  Girolami, L ^a,b,c   Roche, O ^a,b,c   Druitt, T H ^a,b,c   Corpetti, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d LIAMA   (China)

Author keywords

Fluidized granular flow; Laboratory experiment; Progressive aggradation; Pyroclastic flow; Velocity profile

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALGORITHM; ASH FLOW; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DILATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEDIMENTATION; VELOCITY PROFILE; VOLCANIC ASH;

EID: 77955092471     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0356-9     Document Type: Article

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