The role of gravitational instabilities in deposition of volcanic ash

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 211-214

  Manzella, Irene ^a   Bonadonna, Costanza ^a   Phillips, Jeremy C ^b   Monnard, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION;

EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION;

VOLCANOES;

AGGREGATION; DEPOSITION; GRAVITY ANOMALY; SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84923313225     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36252.1     Document Type: Article

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