Impact of wind on the condition for column collapse of volcanic plumes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 377-378, Issue , 2013, Pages 218-226

  Degruyter, W ^a   Bonadonna, C ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Collapse; Entrainment; Plume; Richardson number; Wind

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; COLLAPSE; ENTRAINMENT COEFFICIENTS; ENTRAINMENT EFFICIENCY; PLUME; PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

BUOYANCY; KINETICS; VOLCANOES; WIND;

AIR ENTRAINMENT;

BUOYANCY; COLLAPSE; ENTRAINMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; PLUME; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84883656374     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.06.041     Document Type: Article

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