Ice-volcano interactions during the 2010 Eyjafjallajkull eruption, as revealed by airborne imaging radar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Magnsson, E ^a   Gudmundsson, M T ^a   Roberts, M J ^b   Sigursson, G ^b   Hskuldsson, F ^c   Oddsson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^c Icelandic Coast Guard   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AIRBORNE SENSING; CALDERA; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOODING; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELTING; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOLOGY;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84864046135     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009250     Document Type: Article

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