Volcano collapse along the Aleutian Ridge (western Aleutian Arc)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 715-730

  Montanaro, C ^a   Beget, J ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; CALDERA; FAULT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATOVOLCANO; SUBMARINE RIDGE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ALEUTIAN MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952462206     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-715-2011     Document Type: Article

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