Subvolcanic plumbing systems imaged through crystal size distributions

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-406

  Melnik, Oleg E ^a,b   Blundy, Jonathan D ^b   Rust, Alison C ^b   Muir, Duncan D ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUIT DIAMETER; CROSS-SECTION AREA; CRYSTAL CONTENT; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DISCHARGE RATES; FUNDAMENTAL CONTROL; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOWS; INTEGRATED INFORMATIONS; KEY PARAMETERS; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA STORAGE; MOUNT ST. HELENS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PLUMBING SYSTEMS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; FLOW SIMULATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH KINETICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

PLUMBING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT SAINT HELENS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 79954618051     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31691.1     Document Type: Article

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