Model for the eruption of the old faithful geyser, yellowstone national park

GSA Today

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4-9

  O'hara, Kieran D ^a   Esawi, E K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Elizabethtown Community and Technical College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEYSER; HEATING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONVECTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84879591138     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSATG166A.1     Document Type: Article

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