High-frame rate thermal imagery of strombolian explosions: Implications for explosive and infrasonic source dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Delle Donne, Dario ^a   Ripepe, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; IMAGERY; INFRASONICS; TRANSDUCER; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; STROMBOLI;

EID: 84866988757     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008987     Document Type: Article

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