Voluminous ice-rich and water-rich lahars generated during the 2009 eruption of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 259, Issue , 2013, Pages 389-413

  Waythomas, Christopher F ^a   Pierson, Thomas C ^b   Major, Jon J ^b   Scott, William E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazards; Lahars; Redoubt Volcano; Volcano ice interactions

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; EXPLOSIVE EVENTS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYPERCONCENTRATED FLOW; LAHARS; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; ROCK MATERIALS; STRATOVOLCANOES;

DEPOSITS; DOMES; EXPLOSIVES; FLOODS; FLOW VELOCITY; HAZARDS; RIVERS; SNOW; VOLCANOES;

ICE;

CRATER; DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LAHAR; LAVA DOME; MELTWATER; PEAK DISCHARGE; PEAK FLOW; PLUME; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; RIVER ICE; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALASKA; REDOUBT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880328036     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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