Influence of the fragmentation process on the dynamics of Vulcanian eruptions: An experimental approach

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 51-59

  Alatorre Ibargüengoitia, Miguel A ^a   Scheu, Bettina ^a   Dingwell, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eruption dynamics; Experiment; Fragmentation; Pyroclast velocity; Shock tube; Vulcanian eruption

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; CONSERVATION LAW; CONTROLLING FACTORS; EJECTION VELOCITY; ERUPTION DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FRAGMENTATION; FRAGMENTATION PROCESS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MAGMA FRAGMENTATION; MASS-DISCHARGE; PARTICLE MIXTURES; PER UNIT; PYROCLAST VELOCITY; THEORETICAL MODELS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VULCANIAN ERUPTION;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; GASES; PROCESS CONTROL; SHOCK TUBES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VELOCITY; VOLCANOES;

EXPERIMENTS;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FRAGMENTATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAGMA CHAMBER; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS;

EID: 78751569625     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.045     Document Type: Article

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