Kinematic characteristics of pyroclastic density currents at merapi and controls on their avulsion from natural and engineered channels

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1127-1140

  Lube, Gert ^a   Cronin, Shane J ^a   Thouret, Jean Claude ^b   Surono, S ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c Yogyakarta Office   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK-AND-ASH FLOW; CHANNEL MARGINS; CRITICAL VALUE; DISCRETE SERIES; DOME COLLAPSE; FLOW AVULSIONS; GEOMETRIC DATA; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INDONESIA; KINEMATIC CHARACTERISTICS; MASS FLOW; PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS; RTK-GPS; SABO DAMS; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

DAMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; SOIL CONSERVATION; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

LANDFORMS;

AVULSION; DENSITY CURRENT; GPS; KINEMATICS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOLOGY;

EAST JAVA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAVA; MERAPI; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 79953801595     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30244.1     Document Type: Article

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