Lava channel roofing, overflows, breaches and switching: Insights from the 2008-2009 eruption of Mt. Etna

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-117

  James, Mike R ^a   Applegarth, L Jane ^a   Pinkerton, Harry ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Lava channel; Lava flow field; Lava tube; Lev e breach; Mt. Etna; Overflows

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LAVA FLOW; LEVEE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84855503023     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0513-9     Document Type: Article

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