Ash3d: A finite-volume, conservative numerical model for ash transport and tephra deposition

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Schwaiger, Hans F ^a   Denlinger, Roger P ^b   Mastin, Larry G ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEPHRA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859882327     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008968     Document Type: Article

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