MODLEN: A semi-automated algorithm for monitoring smallscale thermal activity at Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano, Tanzania

IAMG 2006 - 11th International Congress for Mathematical Geology: Quantitative Geology from Multiple Sources

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kervyn, M ^a   Harris, A J L ^b   Belton, F ^c   Mbede, E ^d   Jacobs, P ^a   Ernst, G G J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Eruption intensity; Lava flows; Lava fountaining; Lava ponds; MODIS; MODLEN; MODVOLC; Oldoinyo lengai; Thermal monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EXPLOSIVES; GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; RADIOMETERS; SILICATES; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANOES;

ERUPTION INTENSITY; LAVA FLOWS; LAVA FOUNTAINING; MODIS; MODLEN; MODVOLC; OLDOINYO LENGAI; THERMAL MONITORING;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902438956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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