An unloading foam model to constrain Etna's 11-13 January 2011 lava fountaining episode

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Calvari, S ^a   Salerno, G G ^a   Spampinato, L ^a   Gouhier, M ^b   La Spina, A ^a   Pecora, E ^a   Harris, A J L ^b   Labazuy, P ^b   Biale, E ^a   Boschi, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HEAT FLUX; LAVA FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 81755178985     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008407     Document Type: Article

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