Inflation rates, rifts, and bands in a pahoehoe sheet flow

Geosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-195

  Hoblitt, Richard P ^a   Orr, Tim R ^b   Heliker, Christina ^b   Denlinger, Roger P ^a   Hon, Ken ^c   Cervelli, Peter F ^d  

^a CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CYCLICITY; EMPLACEMENT; FLUID PRESSURE; LAVA FLOW; PAHOEHOE; SHEET FLOW; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84862576959     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00656.1     Document Type: Article

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