Pore fluid pressure and internal kinematics of gravitational laboratory air-particle flows: Insights into the emplacement dynamics of pyroclastic flows

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Roche, O ^a,b,c   Montserrat, S ^d   Nino Y ^d   Tamburrino, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; CONTRACTION; DILATION; EMPLACEMENT; FLUID PRESSURE; FLUIDIZATION; GRAVITY FLOW; KINEMATICS; PORE PRESSURE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW;

EID: 77956822275     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007133     Document Type: Article

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