Numerical modeling of debris avalanche propagation from collapse of volcanic edifices

Landslides

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-334

  Sosio, Rosanna ^a   Crosta, Giovanni B ^a   Hungr, Oldrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back analysis; Debris avalanches; Hazard mapping; Numerical modeling; Prediction; Rheology; Volcanic collapses

Indexed keywords

BACK ANALYSIS; CASE-STUDIES; CELL SIZE; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FITTING PARAMETERS; FRICTION ANGLES; HAZARD MAPPING; LATERAL SPREADING; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; NUMERICAL CODE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PROPAGATION PROCESS; QUASI-3D; RESAMPLING; RHEOLOGICAL PARAMETER; SQUARE GRID; TERRAIN DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; TRAVEL DISTANCE; TRIGGERING FACTORS; TYPICAL VALUES; VOLCANIC COLLAPSES; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

BUILDINGS; ELASTICITY; FORECASTING; FRICTION; HAZARDS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

LANDSLIDES;

ASTER; BACK ANALYSIS; COLLAPSE; DATA SET; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FRICTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RECONSTRUCTION; RHEOLOGY; ROUGHNESS; SAMPLING; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SOIL PROPERTY; TERRAIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84865819976     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-011-0302-8     Document Type: Article

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