Integrating computer simulations and experiments to study explosive volcanic eruptions

Natural Hazards

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 785-788

  Doronzo, Domenico M ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experiment; Explosive eruption; Simulation; Volcanic hazard

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MODEL VALIDATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 83955163761     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0020-5     Document Type: Article

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