Estimating the volume of tephra deposits: A new simple strategy

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 415-418

  Bonadonna, C ^a   Costa, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL METHOD; EXPONENTIAL METHODS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FREE PARAMETERS; LARGE DATA; OBSERVED DATA; POWER-LAW; SQUARE ROOTS; TEPHRA DEPOSITS; VOLUME DETERMINATION; WEIBULL; WEIBULL FUNCTIONS;

CURVE FITTING; DEPOSITS; INTEGRATION;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; PUMICE; TEPHRA;

EID: 84861357369     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32769.1     Document Type: Article

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