Evaluation of the impact of the 2010 pyroclastic density currents at Merapi volcano from high-resolution satellite imagery, field investigations and numerical simulations

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 261, Issue , 2013, Pages 295-315

  Charbonnier, S J ^a   Germa, A ^a   Connor, C B ^a   Gertisser, R ^b   Preece, K ^c   Komorowski, J C ^d   Lavigne, F ^e   Dixon, T ^a   Connor, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Field investigations; Hazard assessment; High resolution satellite imagery; Merapi volcano; Numerical simulations; Pyroclastic density currents

Indexed keywords

FIELD INVESTIGATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; MERAPI VOLCANOS; PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITS; DOMES; FALLOUT; HAZARDS; NUMERICAL MODELS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CHANNELIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERBANK FLOW; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EAST JAVA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAVA; MERAPI; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84881554103     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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