Extreme frictional processes in the volcanic conduit of Mount St. Helens (USA) during the 2004-2008 eruption

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-76

  Kendrick, Jackie E ^a   Lavallée, Yan ^a   Ferk, Annika ^a,b   Perugini, Diego ^a,c   Leonhardt, Roman ^b   Dingwell, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brittle; Ductile; Lava dome; Plastic deformation; Pseudotachylyte; Shear zones; Spine

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE; DUCTILE; LAVA DOME; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; SHEAR ZONE; SPINE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; MELTING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SLIP FORMING; VOLCANOES;

FRICTION;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT GOUGE; FIELD METHOD; FRICTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA DOME; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; POROSITY; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 84859930980     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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